Name: Green Beans with Eggs and Cheese
Ingredients: 2 lbs/1 kg green beans,; 3 eggs,; 1 tablespoon flour,; 1/2 cup sour cream,; 2 tablespoons butter,; 3 tablespoons grated sheep's cheese

Why it works: Cream and butter are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 41,516 recipes. Both carry delta-dodecalactone, which smells sweet, creamy. The science ↓

Green Beans with Eggs and Cheese

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the same way as Green beans with omelette with the only difference being that you mix the beans with the cheese and then you put them in the pan to be baked.
Category:Romanian Recipes
Category:Romanian Vegetarian

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

879Calories

44 gProtein

28 gFat

108 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 6 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Cheese	1 oz (28g) cheddar	113
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Yogurt	170g plain Greek	100
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Bell Pepper	1 medium (119g)	31

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

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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.

Cream + buttertop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together41,516 recipes

Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).
Butter + cheesetop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together7,962 recipes

Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).
Flour + buttertop 12% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together124,287 recipes

Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).
Cream + cheesetop 15% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together2,655 recipes

Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).
Egg + flourtop 15% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together106,462 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 green beans

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (egg, flour, cream, butter, cheese):

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Potatofits better
Green beansthe original

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

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Green Beans with Eggs and Cheese