Name: Frittata with Sausage, Wild Mushrooms and Cheddar
Ingredients: 8 eggs; Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste; 6 oz. white cheddar cheese, cut into 1/4-inch dice; 1 tsp. plus 2 Tbs. olive oil; 1/2 lb. mild Italian sausage, casings removed; 3/4 lb. assorted wild mushrooms, cleaned, trimmed and cut into 1- to 2-inch pieces; 1 bunch Swiss chard, about 3/4 lb., stems removed and leaves cut into 1-inch strips

Why it works: Olive and chard match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 320 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Frittata with Sausage, Wild Mushrooms and Cheddar

Ingredients

8 eggs
Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste
6 oz. white cheddar cheese, cut into 1/4-inch dice
1 tsp. plus 2 Tbs. olive oil
1/2 lb. mild Italian sausage, casings removed
3/4 lb. assorted wild mushrooms, cleaned, trimmed and cut into 1- to 2-inch pieces
1 bunch Swiss chard, about 3/4 lb., stems removed and leaves cut into 1-inch strips

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

573Calories

43 gProtein

42 gFat

5 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 8 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Pork	100g cooked	242
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Cheddar Cheese	1 oz (28g)	113
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Mushroom	1/2 cup sliced (35g)	15
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Swiss Chard	not in our table	0

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.

Olive + chardtop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together320 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Olive + mushroomtop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together4,571 recipes

Shared aroma: trans,trans-2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).
Cheddar cheese + mushroomtop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together705 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).
Pepper + chardtop 10% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together252 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Pepper + olivetop 11% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together30,263 recipes

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

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

Swap the chard

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

Capsicumfits better
Tomatofits better
Spinachfits better
Chardthe original

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

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