Name: Coriander-crusted Pork with Sweet & Sour Cabbage
Yield: Serves 2
Ingredients: ¼ a small head red cabbage , thinly sliced; 1 red onion , halved and sliced; 2 tbsp red wine vinegar; 1 tbsp unrefined dark brown sugar; olive oil; 300g pork shoulder steaks , trimmed of all fat, cut into pieces; 1 tsp whole coriander seeds , roughly crushed

Why it works: Olive and coriander match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 6,615 recipes. Both carry 2-undecenal, which smells sweet. The science ↓

Coriander-crusted Pork with Sweet & Sour Cabbage

Serves 2

Ingredients

¼ a small head red cabbage , thinly sliced
1 red onion , halved and sliced
2 tbsp red wine vinegar
1 tbsp unrefined dark brown sugar
olive oil
300g pork shoulder steaks , trimmed of all fat, cut into pieces
1 tsp whole coriander seeds , roughly crushed

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

512Calories

32 gProtein

28 gFat

34 gCarbs

Counts 6 of 8 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 6 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Pork	100g cooked	242
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Broccoli	1 cup chopped (156g)	55
Sugar	1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated	49
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Vinegar	1 tbsp (15ml) distilled	3
Coriander	not in our table	0
Seed	not in our table	0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

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 their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

Olive + coriandertop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together6,615 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).
Cabbage + oniontop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together3,001 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Onion + olivetop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together29,779 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).
Red wine + vinegartop 10% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together575 recipes

Shared aroma: sotolon (curry, maple).
Onion + porktop 10% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together18,214 recipes

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

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

Swap the coriander

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cabbage, onion, red wine, vinegar, sugar, olive, pork):

Garlicfits better
Thymefits better
Rosemaryfits better
Corianderthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against cabbage, onion, red wine, vinegar, sugar, olive, pork. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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