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Avocado Flan with Oyster and Corn

A custard flan made with eggs, cream, avocado, salt, pepper, and garnished with oysters, corn, cilantro, and thyme.

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Why it works: Avocado and white pepper work together. They rank in the top 20% of all ingredient pairs, and 24 recipes mention both. Both carry alpha-terpineol, which smells lilac, floral. The science ↓

The recipe

Oven325°F
Timeabout 25 minutes

Ingredients

Contains: egg, milk, shellfish (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Directions

Prepare

  1. Mix eggs, cream, avocados, salt, and pepper on low speed, taking care not to create foam.

  2. Divide the mixture among 18 four‑ounce ramekins.

Bake

  1. Place the ramekins in a shallow baking pan.

  2. Pour hot water around the ramekins half‑way up their sides.

  3. Cover the pan with foil.

  4. Bake at 325°F until the custard sets, about 25 minutes.

Garnish and serve

  1. Garnish each flan with one oyster, corn kernels, chopped cilantro, and a thyme sprig.

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Explore the science

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. Avocado + white peppertop 20% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together24 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-terpineol (lilac, floral).

  2. Avocado + corntop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together444 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  3. Egg + oystertop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together4,093 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

  4. White pepper + thymetop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together443 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  5. Corn + thymetop 8% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together364 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

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

What each ingredient does

Eggs
Set the custard into a firm, sliceable structure as they cook.
Whipping cream
Adds richness and a smooth, silky texture to the custard.
Avocados
Give the flan its body, green color, and creamy, buttery flavor.

The step that matters

Mixing on low speed. Beating the mixture fast whips air into it, creating foam that leaves pockets and bubbles in the baked custard. Mixing gently keeps the texture smooth and dense.

Flavor stand-ins for the white pepper

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (egg, cream, avocado, oyster, corn, thyme):

  1. Nutmegbetter flavor fit
  2. Tarragonbetter flavor fit
  3. Parsleybetter flavor fit
  4. White pepperthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against egg, cream, avocado, oyster, corn, thyme. 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).

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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