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Cheese Omelet

A quick fried egg dish with melted butter, salt, cayenne, and grated cheese.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
By Fannie Merritt Farmer · From a historical cookbook (Project Gutenberg) · 5 ingredients
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Why it works: Butter and cheese are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 7,962 recipes. Both carry delta-dodecalactone, which smells sweet, creamy. The science ↓

Cheese Omelet

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Beat eggs slightly, add ½ teaspoon melted butter, salt, cayenne, and cheese.

  2. Melt remaining butter.

Cook

  1. Add mixture to pan and cook until firm, without stirring.

  2. Roll omelet.

  3. Sprinkle with grated cheese.

Serve

  1. Serve with Graham bread sandwiches.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

299Calories
14 gProtein
26 gFat
2 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Cayenne1 tsp (1.8g)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.

By Fannie Merritt Farmer. Recipe from a historical cookbook (Project Gutenberg).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures. See the original page.

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

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

  2. Egg + buttertop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together118,967 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  3. Egg + cheesetop 28% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together6,253 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 structure, as their proteins set into a tender sheet when heated.
Butter
Adds fat for richness and a smooth, moist texture, and keeps the eggs from sticking.
Cheese
Melts into the eggs, adding savoury flavour and richness.

The step that matters

Add mixture to pan and cook until firm, without stirring.. Left undisturbed, the egg proteins set into a continuous, tender sheet. Stirring breaks up the forming layer, producing curds and a scrambled texture instead of an omelette.

“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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