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Tomato Omelette

A savory omelette made with tomatoes, onion, grated bread, eggs, and seasonings.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 6 ingredients
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Why it works: Bread and butter are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 27,232 recipes. Both carry delta-decalactone, which smells sweet, creamy. The science ↓

Tomato Omelette

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the filling

  1. Peel and chop the tomatoes finely.

  2. Add salt, pepper, and minced onion to the tomatoes.

  3. Stir in the grated bread.

  4. Beat the eggs until foamy and mix them into the tomato mixture.

Cook and serve

  1. Heat a greased pan over medium heat and pour in the mixture.

  2. Stir rapidly until it begins to thicken.

  3. Let it brown for a few minutes on the bottom, then 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. Bread + buttertop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together27,232 recipes

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

  2. Tomato + peppertop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together17,923 recipes

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

  3. Tomato + oniontop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together20,633 recipes

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

  4. Tomato + breadtop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,013 recipes

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

  5. Pepper + oniontop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together68,474 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

What each ingredient does

Eggs
Set when heated, binding the mixture into a tender omelette.
Tomatoes
Add moisture and a fresh acidity that brightens the eggs.
Grated bread
Absorbs tomato liquid, helping the omelette hold together and stay soft.
Onion
Adds savory sweetness and aroma as it softens in the mixture.

The step that matters

Stirring rapidly until it begins to thicken. Constant stirring breaks the egg into small curds while it sets, giving a soft texture; if left still, the bottom overcooks before the top sets.

Swap the onion

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

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

Fit is the average pairing score against tomato, pepper, bread, egg, butter. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

“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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