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Piperade is a Basque dish of green bell peppers, onions and tomatoes cooked down and combined with scrambled eggs.

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Why it works: Pepper and parsley match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 34,122 recipes. Both carry 4'-methylacetophenone, which smells bitter almond. The science ↓

Piperade

Time10 minutes

Ingredients

Directions

Make the pepper base

  1. Heat oil in a large skillet over low heat.

  2. Add sliced green bell peppers and sliced onions; cover and cook, stirring occasionally, for 10 minutes, or until the onions are tender but not browned.

  3. Add chopped whole tomatoes, ½ teaspoon salt, and ¼ teaspoon pepper; cook over medium heat about 3 minutes.

  4. Increase the heat to high and cook about 1 minute, or until most of the liquid evaporates.

  5. Remove to a serving dish and keep warm.

Scramble the eggs

  1. Melt butter in the skillet.

  2. Combine eggs, milk, 1 teaspoon salt, and ½ teaspoon pepper in a bowl; stir well.

  3. Add mixture to the skillet and cook, stirring, until thickened.

  4. Transfer to the serving dish with the green bell pepper mixture.

  5. Sprinkle with parsley.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

552Calories
18 gProtein
39 gFat
35 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Green Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1
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. Pepper + parsleytop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together34,122 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  2. Butter + milktop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together81,283 recipes

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

  3. Pepper + tomatotop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together17,923 recipes

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

  4. Onion + tomatotop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together20,633 recipes

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

  5. Tomato + parsleytop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,398 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

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

What each ingredient does

Eggs
Set and thicken into soft curds, forming the body of the scramble.
Green bell peppers
Provide the main vegetable bulk and sweet, grassy flavor of the dish.
Onions
Soften and turn sweet as they cook, adding depth to the pepper base.
Canned tomatoes
Add acidity and moisture that cook down into the flavorful base.
Butter
Adds richness and fat that carries flavor and softens the eggs.

The step that matters

Cooking the egg mixture until thickened. Eggs set quickly and turn rubbery or dry if overcooked, so stirring over moderate heat until just thickened keeps them soft and creamy.

Swap the onion

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

  1. Capsicumfits better
  2. Potatofits better
  3. Carrotfits better
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against pepper, tomato, butter, egg, milk, parsley. 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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