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Stuffed Eggs with Nouillbs

A dish of hard‑boiled eggs filled with a mixture of cooked noodles, ham, butter, and cheese, topped with butter and ham.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 8 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 ↓

Stuffed Eggs with Nouillbs

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the filling

  1. Cut the hard-boiled eggs in half and scoop out the yolks.

  2. In a pan, heat the cooked noodles with butter.

  3. Add the minced ham and grated cheese, then season with salt and pepper.

  4. Fill the egg whites with the mixture.

  5. Sieve the yolks.

Bake and serve

  1. Sprinkle the sieved yolks over the filled eggs.

  2. Top with tiny pieces of fresh butter.

  3. Brown the eggs under a salamander or broiler.

  4. Garnish with chopped ham.

  5. Serve immediately.

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

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

  2. Pasta + peppertop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,091 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

  3. Ham + cheesetop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together303 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, sweet).

  4. Butter + hamtop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,475 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-decenal (waxy, orange).

  5. Egg + hamtop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,526 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

What each ingredient does

Eggs
Whites hold the filling and the sieved yolks form a delicate topping.
Cooked noodles
Provide bulk and a soft, chewy texture to the filling.
Butter
Adds richness and moisture to the filling and browns the topping.
Minced ham
Contributes savoury flavour and salt to the filling.
Grated cheese
Melts into the filling, adding richness and savoury flavour.

The step that matters

Browning the eggs under the broiler. Broiling is brief and intense, so the eggs can scorch or dry out quickly. Watch closely so the butter and yolk topping browns evenly without burning.

“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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