Why it works: Butter and egg are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 17% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 118,967 recipes. Both carry decanal, which smells soap, orange peel. The science ↓
Scrambled Eggs No. 1
Ingredients
Directions
Heat ½ teaspoon of butter in an omelet pan for each egg.
Pour in the eggs without beating.
When the bottom is set, lightly mix or scramble with a fork or spoon.
Cook to your desired doneness, season to taste, and serve.
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.
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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.
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Butter + eggtop 17% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together118,967 recipes
Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
What each ingredient does
- Eggs
- Set into soft curds that form the body of the dish.
- Butter
- Adds richness and keeps the eggs from sticking to the pan.
The step that matters
Cook over gentle heat and stop while still slightly moist. Egg proteins set and tighten as they heat, so high heat or overcooking turns scrambled eggs dry and rubbery. Removing them while still soft lets residual heat finish the curds.
“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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