Why it works: Egg and coffee 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 ↓
Coffee with Egg
Ingredients
Directions
Heat a cup.
Break one egg into the cup and beat slightly with a fork.
Gradually add coffee, stirring constantly, until the cup is almost full.
Sweeten with saccharine dissolved in cold water.
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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Egg + coffeetop 29% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together3,239 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).
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What each ingredient does
- Egg
- Beaten egg adds body and a creamy, rich texture to the coffee.
- Saccharine
- Adds sweetness to balance the bitterness of the coffee.
The step that matters
Gradually add coffee while stirring constantly. Pouring hot coffee in slowly while stirring keeps the egg from scrambling and cooking into lumps, so it blends smoothly into the drink.
“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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