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Easy Bacon and Cheese Quiche

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Easy Bacon and Cheese Quiche

Why it works: Swiss cheese and parmesan cheese match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 151 recipes. Both carry ethyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells fruity, apple. The science ↓

Easy Bacon and Cheese Quiche

6 servings
Prep10 min
Cook50 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

434Calories
28 gProtein
29 gFat
13 gCarbs

Counts 6 of 7 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Parmesan Cheese1 oz (28g)110
Swiss Cheese1 oz (28g)108
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Bacon1 slice cooked (8g)43
Pie Crustnot 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.

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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. Swiss cheese + parmesan cheesetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together151 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

  2. Swiss cheese + creamtop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together174 recipes

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

  3. Onion + parmesan cheesetop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,717 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  4. Swiss cheese + eggtop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together405 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  5. Onion + swiss cheesetop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together436 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl butyrate (apple, fruity).

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 (swiss cheese, parmesan cheese, egg, cream):

  1. Asparagusfits better
  2. Spinachfits better
  3. Potatofits better
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against swiss cheese, parmesan cheese, egg, cream. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.