Why it works: Swiss cheese and egg match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and 307 recipes mention both. Both carry 1-octen-3-ol, which smells mushroom, earthy. The science ↓
The recipe
8 servingsIngredients
Contains: egg, milk, wheat (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)
Directions
Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.
Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C). Brush a 9-inch pie dish with a little of the canola oil.
Place the grated zucchini in a clean towel, sprinkle with the salt, and let it sit 10 minutes. Squeeze out as much liquid as you can.
In a large bowl, whisk the beaten eggs with the remaining canola oil, the Italian seasoning, and the biscuit baking mix until smooth.
Stir in the squeezed zucchini and 1 1/2 cups of the shredded Swiss cheese until evenly combined.
Spread the mixture into the prepared dish and sprinkle the remaining Swiss cheese over the top.
Bake 30 to 35 minutes, until the top is golden and a knife inserted in the center comes out clean and the center reaches 160°F (71°C).
Let the quiche rest 10 minutes before slicing into 8 pieces.
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The flavor team
The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.
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Swiss cheese + eggtop 8% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together307 recipes
Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).
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Egg + canola oiltop 12% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together908 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).
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Swiss cheese + canola oiltop 15% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together9 recipes
Shared aroma: ethyl pentanoate (yeast, fruit).
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Egg + biscuittop 18% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together1,630 recipes
Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).
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Swiss cheese + biscuittop 18% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together9 recipes
Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).
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