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Eggs En Cocotte with Morel or Porcini Mushrooms

Equipment: You will also need four ramekins with a base diameter of 3 inches (7.5 cm), 1½ inches (4 cm) deep, well buttered, and a baking tin measuring 11 x 8 inches (28 x 20 cm), 2 inches (5 cm) deep.

By bbcfood · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Why it works: Shallot and mushroom are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and 1,982 recipes mention both. Both carry 2,4-decadienal, which smells seaweed. The science ↓

Eggs En Cocotte with Morel or Porcini Mushrooms

Serves 4
Prep30 min
Cook1 hr

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By bbcfood. 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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Shallot + mushroomtop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together1,982 recipes

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

  2. Shallot + nutmegtop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,019 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  3. Mushroom + buttertop 7% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together12,525 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-decenal (waxy, orange).

  4. Nutmeg + peppertop 7% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together13,015 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  5. Mushroom + peppertop 11% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together13,580 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the nutmeg

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (egg, shallot, mushroom, butter, pepper):

  1. Parsleybetter flavor fit
  2. Thymebetter flavor fit
  3. Capersbetter flavor fit
  4. Nutmegthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against egg, shallot, mushroom, butter, 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).