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Baked Omelet

A baked omelet made with eggs, flour, milk, and butter.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 5 ingredients
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Why it works: Milk and butter 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 ↓

Baked Omelet

Oven, in the book's wordsA moderate oven

Ingredients

Directions

The book says “a moderate oven”. The 350°F (175°C) in the steps is the modern equivalent, not the book's own figure.

Make the batter

  1. In a small bowl, stir 2 tablespoons of flour into a little of the milk.

  2. Add the remaining milk and the yolks of the eggs to the mixture.

  3. Beat the egg whites until stiff and fold them into the flour, milk, and yolk mixture.

Bake and serve

  1. Heat a small amount of butter in a skillet over medium heat until melted but not browned.

  2. Pour the egg mixture into the skillet and bake in a 350°F (175°C) oven for about 10 minutes.

  3. Once baked, loosen the edges with a knife and slide the omelet onto a large plate.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

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.

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. Milk + buttertop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together81,283 recipes

    Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).

  2. Flour + buttertop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together124,287 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  3. Flour + milktop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together78,219 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  4. Egg + flourtop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together106,462 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

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

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

Flour and butter barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 124,287 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

What each ingredient does

Eggs
Whites trap air when beaten, giving the omelette its light, risen structure; yolks add richness and set the custard.
Flour
Starch thickens the milk and yolk mixture, giving the omelette body so it holds its shape.
Milk
Adds moisture and softness, so the baked omelette stays tender rather than dry.
Butter
Fat coats the skillet and adds flavour while keeping the omelette from sticking.

The step that matters

Folding in the beaten egg whites. Stiff whites hold the air that makes the omelette rise. Stirring them in vigorously knocks out that air, so fold gently with a spatula until just combined.

“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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