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Hard-boiled Eggs with Mustard Mayonnaise

Pack these boiled eggs and homemade mayonnaise for a nostalgic picnic.

By bbcfood · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Why it works: Mustard and sunflower match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 233 recipes. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

Hard-boiled Eggs with Mustard Mayonnaise

Serves 10
Prep30 min
Cook10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

90Calories
7 gProtein
6 gFat
2 gCarbs

Counts 5 of 6 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Sunflower Oilnot 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 bbcfood. 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. Mustard + sunflowertop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together233 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  2. Mustard + vinegartop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together14,067 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  3. White wine + vinegartop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,776 recipes

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

  4. White wine + white peppertop 20% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together407 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl butyrate (fruity, apple).

  5. Vinegar + white peppertop 20% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together1,154 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

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

Swap the white pepper

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (egg, mustard, white wine, vinegar, sunflower):

  1. Tarragonfits better
  2. Dillfits better
  3. Capersfits better
  4. White pepperthe original

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