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Ham Omelet

A quick egg and ham mixture cooked in a skillet.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 5 ingredients
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Why it works: Milk and butter are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 81,283 recipes. Both carry (z)-4-heptenal, which smells biscuit, cream. The science ↓

Ham Omelet

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. In a bowl, whisk together the eggs and milk until well combined.

  2. Stir in the diced ham and season with salt and pepper.

Cook and serve

  1. Heat a skillet over medium heat and add butter.

  2. Pour the egg mixture into the skillet and cook until the edges begin to set.

  3. Gently lift the edges with a spatula, allowing uncooked eggs to flow underneath.

  4. When the omelet is mostly set, fold it in half and serve hot.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

Explore the science

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. Milk + buttertop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together81,283 recipes

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

  2. Ham + buttertop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,475 recipes

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

  3. Egg + hamtop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,526 recipes

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

  4. Egg + buttertop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together118,967 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  5. Egg + milktop 18% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together88,785 recipes

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

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

What each ingredient does

Eggs
Set into a tender structure as they cook, forming the body of the omelette.
Milk
Adds moisture and softness, keeping the cooked eggs tender rather than dry.
Cooked ham
Adds savory flavor and chewy texture to the filling.
Butter
Coats the skillet to prevent sticking and adds rich flavor.

The step that matters

Gently lift the edges with a spatula. Lifting lets uncooked egg flow underneath to cook evenly. Stirring or overcooking the eggs makes them tough and rubbery, so stop once the omelette is mostly set.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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