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Shirred Eggs with Black-Eyed Pea Salsa and Collard Greens

By epicurious · From Open Recipes · 15 ingredients
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Why it works: Chive and egg are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 10% of all ingredient pairs, and 1,451 recipes mention both. Both carry 1-octen-3-ol, which smells mushroom, earthy. The science ↓

The recipe

Makes 4 servings

Ingredients

Contains: egg, milk (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

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By epicurious. 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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Chive + eggtop 10% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together1,451 recipes

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

  2. Pepper + limetop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together3,491 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  3. Onion + chivetop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,907 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  4. Tomato + red winetop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together806 recipes

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

  5. Black-eyed pea + tomatotop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together100 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the chive

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (onion, pepper, black-eyed pea, tomato, lime, red wine, vinegar):

  1. Capsicumbetter flavor fit
  2. Potatobetter flavor fit
  3. Carrotbetter flavor fit
  4. Chivethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against onion, pepper, black-eyed pea, tomato, lime, red wine, vinegar. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).