Why it works: Coffee and egg are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 29% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,239 recipes. Both carry 2-nonenal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓
Mode of Making Coffee
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Combine the coffee and the whole egg in a basin, mixing well with a spoon.
Pour boiling water over the coffee mixture.
Brew and serve
Place the coffee pot on the stove and let it boil, allowing it to break three times.
Once done, set the coffee pot on an iron stand at the back of the stove until ready to 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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Coffee + eggtop 29% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together3,239 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).
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What each ingredient does
- Fresh ground coffee
- Provides the main flavor and aroma of the brew.
- Egg
- Its proteins trap the coffee grounds as the brew heats, so the liquid comes out clearer.
The step that matters
Letting the coffee break three times. Each time the brew reaches a boil, the egg proteins coagulate and gather the grounds. Boiling too hard or too long can scorch the coffee and make it bitter, so the heat should be controlled.
“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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