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Bread Omelet

A savory omelet made with bread crumbs, parsley, onion, eggs, butter, and milk.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 7 ingredients
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Bread Omelet

Why it works: Parsley and pepper match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 34,122 recipes. Both carry 4'-methylacetophenone, which smells bitter almond. The science ↓

Bread Omelet

Ingredients

Directions

Make the mixture

  1. Mix all ingredients together.

  2. If the mixture is too dry, add a little milk.

Cook the omelet

  1. Heat an omelet pan.

  2. Add the melted butter to the pan.

  3. Pour the mixture into the pan.

  4. Cook for 15 minutes, covered, on the stove.

  5. Fold the omelet.

Serve

  1. Serve on a hot platter.

Bake instead

  1. Alternatively, bake for 30 minutes until puffed and brown.

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. Parsley + peppertop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together34,122 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  2. Bread + buttertop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together27,232 recipes

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

  3. Butter + milktop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together81,283 recipes

    Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).

  4. Parsley + oniontop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together25,843 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  5. Bread + milktop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together11,466 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).

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, sliceable structure as they cook.
Bread crumbs
Absorb the beaten egg and milk, giving the omelet body and a softer texture.
Butter
Adds fat that carries flavour and helps the base brown lightly.
Onion
Adds sweetness and aroma as it softens in the mixture.

The step that matters

Cook gently under cover. Egg proteins set as they are heated, so moderate heat and a lid let the centre cook through. High heat browns and toughens the base before the top sets.

Swap the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (bread, parsley, egg, pepper, butter, milk):

  1. Potatofits better
  2. Capsicumfits better
  3. Asparagusfits better
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against bread, parsley, egg, pepper, butter, milk. 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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