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Rum Omelet

A rum-flavored omelet served flaming with warmed rum.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 6 ingredients
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Why it works: Butter and rum are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 13% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,007 recipes. Both carry delta-decalactone, which smells sweet, creamy. The science ↓

Rum Omelet

Ingredients

Directions

Make the omelette

  1. Beat the eggs in a bowl.

  2. Add salt, sugar, butter, and rum to the eggs.

  3. Fry the mixture in a skillet until set.

Flame and serve

  1. Transfer the omelet to a hot dish.

  2. Pour warmed rum around the omelet and ignite it.

  3. Serve immediately with flames rising around it.

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 + rumtop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,007 recipes

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

  2. Sugar + rumtop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together2,908 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

  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
Set into a firm structure as they cook, forming the body of the omelette.
Butter
Adds fat and richness, and helps the omelette brown lightly in the pan.
Rum
Adds aroma and flavour to the omelette, and fuels the flame when warmed rum is ignited.
Sugar
Adds sweetness and balances the flavour of the rum.

The step that matters

Igniting the rum. Warmed rum must be poured around the omelette and lit safely. Rum that is too cold may not ignite well, and the flame should be kept away from hair, clothing and overhead surfaces.

“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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