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Corn Omelet

A fluffy omelet flavored with corn, sugar, and butter, baked after stovetop cooking.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 7 ingredients
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Why it works: Corn and pepper are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 11% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 5,324 recipes. Both carry 2-nonenal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓

Corn Omelet

Ingredients

Directions

The book gives no oven temperature. The 350°F (175°C) in the steps was added when the recipe was transcribed, as a starting point.

Prepare the batter

  1. Beat the yolks until thick and light.

  2. Add salt, pepper, sugar, corn, and hot water; mix well.

  3. Whip the egg whites until stiff, then gently fold them into the yolk mixture.

Cook and serve

  1. Melt butter in a skillet, tilting to coat the sides.

  2. Pour in the mixture and spread evenly.

  3. Cook for 10 minutes on the stovetop, then finish in a 350°F (175°C) oven.

  4. Fold the omelet and serve on a hot platter.

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.

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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. Corn + peppertop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,324 recipes

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

  2. Butter + corntop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together7,345 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-pentanedione (butter, sweet).

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

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  4. Sugar + buttertop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together98,233 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  5. Egg + sugartop 21% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together122,807 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
Whipped whites give the omelette its light, airy structure, while yolks add richness and set the body.
Corn
Adds sweetness and moist, tender pieces throughout the omelette.
Butter
Coats the skillet to prevent sticking and adds richness and browning on the surface.
Sugar
Adds a little sweetness that balances the salt and browns lightly in the pan.

The step that matters

Folding in the whites. Whipped egg whites hold air that gives lift. Stirring them in vigorously deflates the foam, so fold gently with a spatula until just combined to keep the omelette light.

“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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