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Omelet with Mushrooms

A simple omelet cooked with sautéed mushrooms, butter, salt, pepper, and eggs.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 5 ingredients
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Why it works: Mushroom and butter are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 12,525 recipes. Both carry trans-2-decenal, which smells waxy, orange. The science ↓

Omelet with Mushrooms

Ingredients

Directions

The book gives no cooking times; the times in the steps were added in transcription, so check for doneness rather than trusting the clock.

Cook the mushrooms

  1. In a skillet, melt the butter over medium heat.

  2. Add the chopped mushrooms and cook until tender, about 5 minutes.

  3. Season with salt and pepper, then set aside.

Make the omelet

  1. In a bowl, beat the eggs until well mixed.

  2. Pour the eggs into the skillet and cook until the edges begin to set.

  3. Add the cooked mushrooms to one half of the omelet.

  4. Fold the omelet over the mushrooms and cook for another minute.

  5. Serve hot.

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. Mushroom + buttertop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together12,525 recipes

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

  2. Mushroom + peppertop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together13,580 recipes

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

  3. Butter + eggtop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together118,967 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  4. Butter + peppertop 21% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together85,593 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

  5. Mushroom + eggtop 21% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,987 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 tender structure that holds the filling and forms the omelet body.
Mushrooms
Add savory flavor and moisture to the filling once cooked until tender.
Butter
Adds richness and fat for cooking the mushrooms and keeps the eggs from sticking.

The step that matters

Pour the eggs into the skillet and cook until the edges begin to set. Eggs cook quickly and turn rubbery if overheated. Cooking gently until only the edges set keeps the middle soft and lets the omelet fold without tearing.

“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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