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Sharyn's Zucchini Quiche

"This is freezable and great to take to someone else too. I make a few and freeze them and then I can use them as needed. It's best to grate the zucchini ahead and freeze. That way by the time you use it, it'll have time to drain. They are usually very watery."

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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 servings
Prep15 min
Cook35 min

Ingredients

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.

  1. Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C). Brush a 9-inch pie dish with a little of the canola oil.

  2. 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.

  3. In a large bowl, whisk the beaten eggs with the remaining canola oil, the Italian seasoning, and the biscuit baking mix until smooth.

  4. Stir in the squeezed zucchini and 1 1/2 cups of the shredded Swiss cheese until evenly combined.

  5. Spread the mixture into the prepared dish and sprinkle the remaining Swiss cheese over the top.

  6. 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).

  7. 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.

  1. Swiss cheese + eggtop 8% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together307 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  2. Egg + canola oiltop 12% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together908 recipes

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

  3. Swiss cheese + canola oiltop 15% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together9 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl pentanoate (yeast, fruit).

  4. Egg + biscuittop 18% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together1,630 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

  5. Swiss cheese + biscuittop 18% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together9 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

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