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Dr Pepper Ribs

The caramel and spice flavours of this fizzy drink add a finger-lickin' irresistibility to these sticky ribs

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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Why it works: Pepper and star anise match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and 268 recipes mention both. Both carry estragole, which smells anise, licorice. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 4

Ingredients

Contains: soy, fish (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

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By bbcgoodfood. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Pepper + star anisetop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together268 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  2. Pepper + allspicetop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together6,395 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  3. Pepper + tomatotop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together17,913 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  4. Star anise + allspicetop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together30 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  5. Allspice + mustardtop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,928 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyleugenol (clove, spice).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

Flavor stand-ins for the star anise

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pork, pepper, allspice, sugar, tomato, ketchup, mustard):

  1. Celerybetter flavor fit
  2. Thymebetter flavor fit
  3. Gingerbetter flavor fit
  4. Star anisethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against pork, pepper, allspice, sugar, tomato, ketchup, mustard. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).