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Savory Omelet

A quick egg omelet flavored with salt, pepper, parsley, and butter.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 5 ingredients
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Why it works: Pepper and parsley 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 ↓

Savory Omelet

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Break the eggs into a bowl.

  2. Add salt and pepper to taste.

  3. Wash, dry, and finely chop the parsley.

  4. Add the chopped parsley to the eggs.

  5. Beat the eggs lightly with a fork for 2 seconds.

Cook the omelet

  1. Melt the butter in a frying pan over medium heat.

  2. Ensure the butter is hot but not burning.

  3. Pour the egg mixture into the pan.

  4. Stir the mixture quickly with a wooden spoon.

  5. Shake the pan to prevent sticking or burning.

  6. Spread the mixture evenly and let it cook through.

  7. Watch it carefully as it cooks.

  8. Use a knife to lift the omelet and fold it over.

  9. When it turns pale brown, turn it out onto a hot dish.

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. Pepper + parsleytop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together34,122 recipes

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

  2. Parsley + buttertop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together28,563 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-hexenal (green, leafy).

  3. Egg + buttertop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together118,967 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  4. Egg + parsleytop 21% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together18,765 recipes

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

  5. Pepper + buttertop 21% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together85,593 recipes

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

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

What each ingredient does

Eggs
Set when heated, forming the structure of the omelet.
Butter
Coats the pan to prevent sticking and adds richness and flavor.
Parsley
Adds fresh herbal aroma and flavor to the eggs.

The step that matters

Keep the heat controlled while the omelet cooks. If the butter burns or the pan is too hot, the eggs brown and toughen before they set through. Medium heat and gentle shaking let the omelet cook evenly and stay tender.

“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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