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Poached Eggs Caprese

"A delicious dish inspired by eggs Benedict with mozzarella, tomatoes, and pesto."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Poached Eggs Caprese

Why it works: Mozzarella cheese and tomato are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,577 recipes. Both carry decanal, which smells soap, orange peel. The science ↓

Poached Eggs Caprese

2 servings
Prep10 min
Cook10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

188Calories
14 gProtein
12 gFat
6 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Mozzarella Cheese1 oz (28g)85
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Salt1 tsp (6g)0

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. Mozzarella cheese + tomatotop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,577 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  2. Vinegar + mozzarella cheesetop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together302 recipes

    Shared aroma: isoamyl acetate (banana, pear).

  3. Vinegar + tomatotop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,063 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

  4. Egg + mozzarella cheesetop 25% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together879 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  5. Vinegar + eggtop 33% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together12,922 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

Vinegar and egg barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 12,922 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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

Swap the tomato

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (vinegar, egg, mozzarella cheese):

  1. Cucumberfits better
  2. Capsicumfits better
  3. Tomatothe original
  4. Mustardfits about as well

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