Maple Roast Pork

Name: Maple Roast Pork
Yield: Makes 6 servings
Ingredients: 1 pound pork tenderloin, tied with cooking twine, if desired; 3 teaspoons canola oil, divided; 2 tablespoons chopped fresh thyme, divided; 3/4 teaspoon salt, divided; 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper, divided; Vegetable oil cooking spray; 2 tablespoons maple syrup; 1 tablespoon cider vinegar; teaspoons whole-grain mustard; 2 large sweet potatoes (about 1 1/4 pounds), peeled and cut into 1/2-inch-thick slices; 2 large Fuji or similar apples (about 1 pound), peeled, cored and cut into 1-inch wedges

By epicurious · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients

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Why it works: Thyme and pepper 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 ↓

Maple Roast Pork

Makes 6 servings

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

685Calories

32 gProtein

28 gFat

78 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

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Pork	100g cooked	242
Potato	1 medium (173g) baked	161
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Apple	1 medium (182g)	95
Maple Syrup	1 tbsp (20ml)	52
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Thyme	1 tsp dried (1.4g)	4
Vinegar	1 tbsp (15ml) distilled	3
Mustard	1 tsp (5g) yellow	3
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Cider	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 epicurious. 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.

Thyme + peppertop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together11,585 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Thyme + mustardtop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together913 recipes

Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).
Cider + vinegartop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together3,431 recipes

Shared aroma: 4-ethyl-2-methoxyphenol (smoky, clove).
Vinegar + mustardtop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together14,067 recipes

Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).
Pepper + mustardtop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together15,430 recipes

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

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