Name: Egg &Nd Wine
Ingredients: 1 raw fresh egg; 2 tablespoons wine; sweetener to taste (optional)

Why it works: Egg and wine are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 33% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 6,918 recipes. Both carry 2-heptenal, which smells green. The science ↓

Egg &Nd Wine

Ingredients

1 raw fresh egg
2 tablespoons wine
sweetener to taste (optional)

Directions

Beat the egg in a bowl until well mixed.
Stir in the wine.
Sweeten to taste if desired.

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.

Egg + winetop 33% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together6,918 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-heptenal (green).

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What each ingredient does

Egg: Provides protein structure and richness, giving the drink body and a silky texture.
Wine: Adds acidity and flavour, thinning the egg slightly while contributing aroma.

“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.