Skip to main content

A Slice of BBQ Hog Heaven Recipe

I love baking pies.  I love BBQ.  I love pulled pork.  So I put them all together  YUM.Though there seems like a lot ingredients you can do it in parts and it...

By chow · From Open Recipes · 13 ingredients
Jump to recipe ↓

Why it works: Pork and cheddar cheese are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,505 recipes. Both carry sotolon, which smells curry, maple. The science ↓

A Slice of BBQ Hog Heaven Recipe

8-9

Ingredients

Directions

Step-by-step directions aren't available for this recipe. See the full recipe at the source →

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1439Calories
57 gProtein
72 gFat
142 gCarbs

Counts 10 of 11 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Pork100g cooked242
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Vegetable1 tbsp (14g)120
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Cheddar Cheese1 oz (28g)113
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Apple1 medium (182g)95
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Waternot 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 chow. Recipe from Open Recipes.

Explore the science

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. Pork + cheddar cheesetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,505 recipes

    Shared aroma: sotolon (curry, maple).

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

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

  3. Butter + cheddar cheesetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,436 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).

  4. Pork + oniontop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together18,214 recipes

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

  5. Apple + cheddar cheesetop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together133 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 onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (flour, pork, apple, butter, cheddar cheese, milk):

  1. Potatofits better
  2. Capsicumfits better
  3. Chivefits about as well
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against flour, pork, apple, butter, cheddar cheese, milk. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.