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Stuffed Eggs with Mustard

Hard-boiled eggs filled with a mustard, dill, and sugar mixture, garnished with olives.

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Why it works: Mustard and dill match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 560 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

Stuffed Eggs with Mustard

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the eggs

  1. Hard boil the eggs, shell and let cool.

  2. Cut the eggs in two lengthwise.

  3. Remove the yolks and mix them with the oil poured drop by drop.

Make the filling

  1. Add the salt, sugar, mustard and the chopped dill.

Fill and serve

  1. Fill each white half with this paste and garnish each with half an olive.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

257Calories
7 gProtein
20 gFat
14 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Dill5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried4
Olive1 large (4g)4
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3
Salt1 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.

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Steps grouped into stages for easier reading; the method is the source's own.

Explore the science

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. Mustard + dilltop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together560 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  2. Mustard + olivetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,950 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  3. Dill + olivetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,223 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl 2-methylbutyrate (apple, fatty).

  4. Mustard + sugartop 19% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together8,424 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  5. Egg + sugartop 21% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together122,807 recipes

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

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

What each ingredient does

Eggs
Provide the set white shells and the rich yolk that forms the filling.
Oil
Emulsifies with the yolks to give the filling a smooth, creamy texture.
Mustard
Adds sharp, pungent flavour that balances the richness of the yolks.
Sugar
Adds a small amount of sweetness that rounds out the mustard's sharpness.

The step that matters

Mix the yolks with the oil drop by drop. Adding oil slowly lets the yolk fats and proteins emulsify into a smooth, stable paste. Adding it too fast can break the emulsion, leaving the filling greasy and loose.

Swap the dill

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (egg, mustard, sugar, olive):

  1. Capersfits better
  2. Tarragonfits about as well
  3. Cinnamonfits about as well
  4. Dillthe original

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

“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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