Name: Breakfast Sandwich with Pesto-Scrambled Eggs and Crispy Pancetta Recipe
Cook time: 35 min
Yield: 4 sandwiches
Ingredients: 8 ounces thinly sliced pancetta; 10 large eggs; 1/4 cup milk (not nonfat); 1 teaspoon kosher salt , plus more as needed; 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper , plus more as needed; 4 tablespoons unsalted butter (1/2 stick); 8 (1/2-inch) slices Italian sandwich bread; 1/4 cup basil pesto

Why it works: Pepper and basil match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 5,294 recipes. Both carry methyl cinnamate, which smells strawberry. The science ↓

Breakfast Sandwich with Pesto-Scrambled Eggs and Crispy Pancetta Recipe

4 sandwiches

Cook35 min

Ingredients

8 ounces thinly sliced pancetta
10 large eggs
1/4 cup milk (not nonfat)
1 teaspoon kosher salt , plus more as needed
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper , plus more as needed
4 tablespoons unsalted butter (1/2 stick)
8 (1/2-inch) slices Italian sandwich bread
1/4 cup basil pesto

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

791Calories

28 gProtein

26 gFat

109 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 7 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Milk	1 cup (244ml) whole	149
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Basil	5 leaves fresh (2.5g)	1
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By chow. 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.

Pepper + basiltop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together5,294 recipes

Shared aroma: methyl cinnamate (strawberry).
Butter + breadtop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together27,232 recipes

Shared aroma: delta-decalactone (sweet, creamy).
Milk + buttertop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together81,283 recipes

Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).
Milk + breadtop 11% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together11,466 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).
Egg + breadtop 13% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together22,662 recipes

Shared aroma: (e)-2-octenal (fatty, green).

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

Swap the basil

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

Nutmegfits better
Parsleyfits better
Cinnamonfits better
Basilthe original

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

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