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Yam and Egg Sauce

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Why it works: Tomato and pepper are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 17,923 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

Yam and Egg Sauce

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Peel and slice the yam. Boil yam in water until soft, then drain.

  2. Blend the tomatoes and peppers together. Whisk together with the egg and a pinch of salt.

  3. Cook the egg mixture in a hot pan with a little oil.

  4. Serve the eggs with the yam.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

225Calories
8 gProtein
19 gFat
7 gCarbs

Counts 5 of 6 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Yamnot in our table0

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.

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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. Tomato + peppertop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together17,923 recipes

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

  2. Yam + tomatotop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together33 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  3. Yam + peppertop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together111 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  4. Yam + eggtop 32% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together52 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methylbutyraldehyde (malty, chocolate).

  5. Pepper + eggtop 33% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together50,580 recipes

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

Pepper and egg barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 50,580 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 yam

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

  1. Capsicumfits better
  2. Spinachfits better
  3. Eggplantfits better
  4. Yamthe original

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

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