Name: Port Flip
Ingredients: 1 egg; 2 teaspoons sugar; ⅓ cup port wine; pounded ice

Why it works: Egg and sugar are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 21% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 122,807 recipes. Both carry 2-nonenal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓

Port Flip

Ingredients

1 egg
2 teaspoons sugar
⅓ cup port wine
pounded ice

Directions

Beat the egg in a tumbler.
Add sugar, port wine, and pounded ice.
Strain before drinking.

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.

Egg + sugartop 21% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together122,807 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).
Sugar + port winetop 24% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together805 recipes

Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).
Egg + port winetop 33% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together406 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

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What each ingredient does

Egg: Adds body and a silky, frothy texture to the drink.
Port wine: Provides the main flavour and sweetness, with some body from its alcohol and sugar.
Sugar: Sweetens the drink and balances the tartness of the port.

“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.