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Scrambled Eggs with Caviar

By williamssonoma · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients
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Scrambled Eggs with Caviar

Why it works: Butter and caviar work together. They rank in the top 10% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 107 recipes. Both carry trans-2-nonenal, which smells cardboard, fatty. The science ↓

Scrambled Eggs with Caviar

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

187Calories
7 gProtein
17 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
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Chives1 tbsp (3g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Caviarnot 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 williamssonoma. 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. Butter + caviartop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together107 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

  2. Pepper + chivetop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,885 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  3. Egg + caviartop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together101 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  4. Butter + chivetop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,097 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  5. Chive + caviartop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together22 recipes

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

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

Swap the chive

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (egg, butter, pepper, caviar):

  1. Chivethe original
  2. Capsicumfits about as well
  3. Potatofits about as well
  4. Cucumberfits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against egg, butter, pepper, caviar. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.