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Creamy Kale Omelet a LA Villere

"This omelet with strips of kale, shredded Cheddar cheese, and bacon with a touch of Dijon mustard is perfect for a weekend brunch."

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Why it works: Kale and mustard share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and 98 recipes mention both. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

The recipe

2 servings
Prep30 min

Ingredients

Contains: egg, milk (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Directions

Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.

  1. Cook the chopped bacon in a 10-inch nonstick skillet over medium heat for 6 to 8 minutes until crisp. Move the bacon to a plate and leave the drippings in the pan.

  2. Add the kale to the drippings with a splash of water. Cover and cook over medium heat for 5 to 6 minutes, stirring once, until tender. Uncover and cook 1 minute more to drive off the water, then transfer to a bowl.

  3. In a separate bowl, whisk the eggs, milk, Dijon mustard and black pepper for 30 seconds until smooth.

  4. Wipe the skillet clean, then melt the butter over medium-low heat.

  5. Pour in the egg mixture. Cook 1 minute, then gently pull the edges toward the center, tilting the pan so uncooked egg flows underneath, for 2 to 3 minutes until mostly set.

  6. Spread the kale and bacon over one half of the omelet and sprinkle with the shredded cheese. Fold the other half over the filling and cook 1 minute more until the cheese melts and the eggs are set to 160°F (71°C).

  7. Slide the omelet onto a plate, cut in half and serve warm.

By allrecipes. Recipe from Open Recipes.

Explore the science

The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Kale + mustardtop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together98 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Milk + buttertop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together81,222 recipes

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

  3. Butter + cheddar cheesetop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together2,434 recipes

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

  4. Milk + cheddar cheesetop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,963 recipes

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

  5. Mustard + cheddar cheesetop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together708 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

Flavor stand-ins for the mustard

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (kale, egg, milk, butter, cheddar cheese, pepper):

  1. Potatobetter flavor fit
  2. Capsicumbetter flavor fit
  3. Asparagusbetter flavor fit
  4. Mustardthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against kale, egg, milk, butter, cheddar cheese, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).