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Egg in a Mist

A baked egg dish with cheese, butter, milk, salt, pepper, and whipped egg whites.

From the Wikibooks Cookbook · 6 ingredients
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Why it works: Butter and milk 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 in a Mist

Ovenmoderate oven

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Grease a shallow baking dish with butter.

  2. Add the egg yolks to the dish.

  3. Mix in the salt, pepper, milk, and a little of the grated cheese.

Make the topping

  1. Whip the egg whites to a stiff froth.

  2. Lightly fold in the remaining cheese.

  3. Pile the egg white mixture on top of the egg yolks.

Bake

  1. Bake the whole dish in a moderate oven.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

448Calories
22 gProtein
34 gFat
14 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
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.

Recipe from the Wikibooks Cookbook.

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

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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.

  1. Butter + milktop 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 + cheesetop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,426 recipes

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

  4. Butter + eggtop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together118,967 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  5. Pepper + cheesetop 18% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together7,861 recipes

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

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

What each ingredient does

Eggs
Whites trap air when whipped, giving the bake its light, airy structure, while yolks enrich it.
Cheese
Adds rich flavour and fat, and sets as it heats to give the bake body.
Milk
Adds moisture to the yolk base, keeping the mixture soft and smooth as it cooks.

The step that matters

Folding in the egg whites. Whipped whites hold air that gives the dish its lift. Folding gently, rather than stirring, keeps that air from collapsing, so the topping stays light when baked.

“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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