Name: Magical Egg Salad
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Yield: 2 servings
Ingredients: 5 eggs; 3 tablespoons mayonnaise; 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard; 2 tablespoons sweet pickle relish; 1 teaspoon steak sauce; 1/4 teaspoon paprika; 1/4 teaspoon dried dill weed; salt and ground black pepper to taste; 1 pinch cayenne pepper

Why it works: Mustard and dill match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 560 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

Magical Egg Salad

2 servings

Prep15 min

Cook15 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

349Calories

33 gProtein

21 gFat

4 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 9 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Beef	100g cooked	250
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Chili	1 tsp (2.7g)	8
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Dill	5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried	4
Mustard	1 tsp (5g) yellow	3
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Relish	not in our table	0
Sauce	not in our table	0

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.

Mustard + dilltop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together560 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Dill + peppertop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,630 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Mustard + peppertop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together15,430 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Mustard + saucetop 13% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together2,120 recipes

Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
Egg + dilltop 23% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together1,008 recipes

Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

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

Swap the dill

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (egg, mustard, sauce, pepper):

Capersfits better
Tarragonfits better
Dillthe original
Parsleyfits about as well

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

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