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Cabbage & Pork Empanadas

Best eaten hot from the oven, but any leftovers make a great packed lunch the next day

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 15 ingredients
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Cabbage & Pork Empanadas

Why it works: Sunflower and olive match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 698 recipes. Both carry 2,4-decadienal, which smells seaweed. The science ↓

Cabbage & Pork Empanadas

Makes 12
Prep30 min
Cook50 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1677Calories
69 gProtein
85 gFat
163 gCarbs

Counts 14 of 15 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 14 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Pork100g cooked242
Pine1 oz (28g)191
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Honey1 tbsp (21g)64
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Walnut1 walnut half (4g)26
Shallot1 tbsp minced (10g)7
Spinach1 cup raw (30g)7
Sunflower Oilnot in our table0

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.

  1. Sunflower + olivetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together698 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  2. Flour + shallottop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,081 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  3. Sunflower + shallottop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together34 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  4. Butter + milktop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together81,283 recipes

    Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).

  5. Orange + olivetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,456 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

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

Swap the orange

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (flour, egg, butter, sunflower, milk, olive, shallot):

  1. Avocadofits better
  2. Coconutfits better
  3. Lemonfits better
  4. Orangethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against flour, egg, butter, sunflower, milk, olive, shallot. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.