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Apricot Pork Tenderloin

"The only way to cook tenderloin. The apricot preserves are a perfect marriage with pork. Sweet without being too sweet! A family favorite!"

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Apricot Pork Tenderloin

Why it works: Pepper and thyme are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 11,585 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Apricot Pork Tenderloin

6 servings
Prep10 min
Cook45 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

464Calories
28 gProtein
26 gFat
25 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pork100g cooked242
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Honey1 tbsp (21g)64
Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
Apricot1 medium (35g)17
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Thyme1 tsp dried (1.4g)4
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Salt1 tsp (6g)0

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

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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. Pepper + thymetop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together11,585 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  2. Thyme + garlictop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,608 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  3. Pepper + garlictop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together27,090 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  4. Apricot + sherrytop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together173 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

  5. Apricot + honeytop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together227 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-phenethyl alcohol (floral).

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

Swap the garlic

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pork, butter, pepper, thyme, apricot, honey, sherry):

  1. Rosemaryfits better
  2. Sagefits better
  3. Marjoramfits better
  4. Garlicthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against pork, butter, pepper, thyme, apricot, honey, sherry. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.