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Egg Roll with Potatoes

A rolled omelette filled with fried potatoes, seasoned with greens, salt, and raw eggs, then baked and finished with cheese and butter.

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Why it works: Milk and butter are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 81,283 recipes. Both carry (z)-4-heptenal, which smells biscuit, cream. The science ↓

Egg Roll with Potatoes

Time5-7 minutes

Ingredients

Directions

Make the omelette

  1. Prepare omelette mixture from eggs and milk, then add the flour and mix finely.

  2. Warm up butter in the skillet.

  3. Pour in the omelette mixture.

  4. Bake in oven for 5-7 minutes.

Fill and roll

  1. Take out the omelette from the oven and place it on a board.

  2. Cover with a layer of fried potatoes seasoned with greens, salt, and raw eggs.

  3. Shape the omelette into a roll.

  4. Transfer to a griddle.

Finish and serve

  1. Dust with grated cheese.

  2. Sprinkle with butter.

  3. Place in oven for 2-3 minutes.

  4. Cut the roll into pieces 1.5 to 2 cm thick.

  5. Pour over with butter.

  6. Dust with minced greens.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1058Calories
39 gProtein
36 gFat
145 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
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. Milk + buttertop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together81,283 recipes

    Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).

  2. Butter + cheesetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together7,962 recipes

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

  3. Milk + potatotop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,611 recipes

    Shared aroma: (e,z)-2,6-nonadienal (cucumber, melon).

  4. Milk + cheesetop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,426 recipes

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

  5. Butter + flourtop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together124,287 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

Butter and flour 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

What each ingredient does

Eggs
Set with heat to form the body of the omelette and hold the roll together.
Potatoes
Form the filling, adding bulk and a soft, tender texture inside the roll.
Flour
Thickens the egg mixture and gives the omelette more body.
Milk
Loosens the egg mixture so the omelette stays tender rather than tough.
Butter
Adds richness and helps the omelette brown in the skillet.
Grated cheese
Melts and browns on the surface, adding savoury flavour.

The step that matters

Shape the omelette into a roll. Shape the omelette while it is still warm and pliable. As egg proteins cool they firm up and lose flexibility, so a cold omelette is more likely to crack when rolled.

Swap the potato

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

  1. Potatothe original
  2. Asparagusfits about as well
  3. Chivefits about as well
  4. Sweet potatofits less well

Fit is the average pairing score against egg, milk, butter, flour, cheese. 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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