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Ham and Wild Rice Quiche

"This is a nice change from ordinary quiche. Full of ham, wild rice, mushrooms, red bell peppers, and flavored with a touch of Dijon mustard, this quiche is fabulous for breakfast, lunch, or dinner. And the meat & veggie mixture is terrific simply scrambled with eggs for a quickie meal!"

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 13 ingredients
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Ham and Wild Rice Quiche

Why it works: Wild rice and mustard share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 26 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Ham and Wild Rice Quiche

6 servings
Prep15 min
Cook1 hr 15 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

793Calories
69 gProtein
29 gFat
63 gCarbs

Counts 11 of 13 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 11 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pork100g cooked242
Wild Rice1 cup cooked (164g)166
Swiss Cheese1 oz (28g)108
Yogurt170g plain Greek100
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Green Onion1 medium (110g)44
Red Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Mushrooms1/2 cup sliced (35g)15
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Waternot in our table0
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.

By allrecipes. 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 their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Wild rice + mustardtop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together26 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Onion + mustardtop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together9,259 recipes

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

  3. Wild rice + oniontop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together260 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  4. Wild rice + mushroomtop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together98 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  5. Pepper + mustardtop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together15,430 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

Swap the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (wild rice, ham, pepper, mushroom, egg, cream, mustard):

  1. Spinachfits better
  2. Shallotfits better
  3. Welsh onionfits better
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against wild rice, ham, pepper, mushroom, egg, cream, mustard. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.