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Sunny-Side Up Breakfast Pies

These individual egg-topped pies are a snap to prepare using the Breville electric pie maker. Serve with a tossed green salad or a fresh fruit salad for a weekend brunch.

By williamssonoma · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Sunny-Side Up Breakfast Pies

Why it works: Flour and chive match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,168 recipes. Both carry isobutyraldehyde, which smells malty, green. The science ↓

Sunny-Side Up Breakfast Pies

Serves 8.

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

847Calories
30 gProtein
31 gFat
110 gCarbs

Counts 9 of 10 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Cheddar Cheese1 oz (28g)113
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Bacon1 slice cooked (8g)43
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Chives1 tbsp (3g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Waternot 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. Flour + chivetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,168 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  2. Butter + cheddar cheesetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,436 recipes

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

  3. Cheddar cheese + chivetop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together218 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

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

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  5. Flour + buttertop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together124,287 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

Flour and butter barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 124,287 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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 (flour, sugar, butter, cheddar cheese, egg, pepper):

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

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