Name: Youlka Egg
Ingredients: 2 egg yolks; 1 pint sweet milk; ¼ teaspoon salt; Pineapple juice or other juice for flavoring

Why it works: Milk and pineapple work together. They rank in the top 12% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 885 recipes. Both carry methyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells fruity, apple. The science ↓

Youlka Egg

Ingredients

2 egg yolks
1 pint sweet milk
¼ teaspoon salt
Pineapple juice or other juice for flavoring

Directions

Beat the yolks of two eggs for five minutes.
Stir in one pint of sweet milk and a dash of salt.
Continue beating for five more minutes.
Flavor with pineapple juice or any other juice.

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.

Milk + pineappletop 12% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together885 recipes

Shared aroma: methyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).
Egg + milktop 18% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together88,785 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).
Egg + pineappletop 29% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together2,075 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

Egg yolks: Add richness and body, and help the mixture hold together as a smooth emulsion.
Sweet milk: Forms the liquid base and gives the drink its moisture and mild sweetness.
Pineapple juice: Adds fruity flavor and aroma, with a touch of acidity.