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Omelet a LA Washington

A three-ingredient omelet with apples, asparagus or sorrel, and fines herbes, served in four variations.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 4 ingredients
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Why it works: Apple and asparagus work together. They rank in the top 17% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 80 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

Omelet a LA Washington

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Beat the eggs in a bowl until well mixed.

  2. Prepare four omelets: one with diced apples, one with chopped asparagus or sorrel, one with fines herbes, and one simple omelet.

Cook and serve

  1. Cook each omelet in a skillet over medium heat until set.

  2. Serve the omelets on a dish, overlapping each other.

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. Apple + asparagustop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together80 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  2. Egg + asparagustop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,338 recipes

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

  3. Egg + appletop 30% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together7,461 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
Provide the structure that sets into the body of each omelet.
Apples
Add sweetness and moisture to one of the omelets.
Asparagus or sorrel
Add a fresh, vegetal flavor and moisture to one of the omelets.

The step that matters

Cook each omelet in a skillet over medium heat until set. Eggs turn firm and tough when overheated, so medium heat lets the proteins set gently. Cooking each omelet separately keeps the fillings and doneness controlled.

Swap the apple

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (egg, asparagus):

  1. Lemonfits better
  2. Avocadofits better
  3. Pumpkinfits better
  4. Applethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against egg, asparagus. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

“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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