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Bagel Strata with Sausage and Spring Vegetables

In our delicious twist on the classic strata, we swap in diced bagels for the usual bread cubes. As with other stratas, this one needs to be refrigerated up to overnight before baking, so it’s ideal for entertaining. Just pop the baking dish in the oven the next morning and when your guests arrive, brunch will be ready to serve.

By williamssonoma · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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Why it works: Bagel and cheddar cheese work together. They rank in the top 16% of all ingredient pairs, and 12 recipes mention both. Both carry isobutyraldehyde, which smells malty, green. The science ↓

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

  1. Bagel + cheddar cheesetop 16% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together12 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  2. Asparagus + peastop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together807 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  3. Butter + mushroomtop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together12,516 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-decenal (waxy, orange).

  4. Butter + cheddar cheesetop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together2,434 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).

  5. Mushroom + cheddar cheesetop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together705 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl 2-methylbutyrate (apple, fatty).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the peas

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (bagel, butter, pepper, mushroom, asparagus, cheddar cheese, egg):

  1. Peasthe original
  2. Sesameabout as good a flavor fit
  3. Beansabout as good a flavor fit

Fit is the average pairing score against bagel, butter, pepper, mushroom, asparagus, cheddar cheese, egg. 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).