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Garniture for Omelettes

A garnish of boiled asparagus, butter, salt, pepper, and sugar served with an egg.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 6 ingredients
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Why it works: Asparagus and pepper are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 10% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,968 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

Garniture for Omelettes

Ingredients

Directions

The book gives no oven temperature. The 300°F (150°C) in the steps was added when the recipe was transcribed, as a starting point.

Prepare the filling

  1. In a stewpan, combine asparagus, butter, salt, pepper, and sugar.

  2. Warm the mixture over low heat, stirring continuously.

Cook and serve

  1. Once warm, place it in the center of a beaten egg in a small paper case.

  2. Cook gently on a gridiron over low heat or in a 300°F (150°C) oven until set.

  3. Serve immediately.

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. Asparagus + peppertop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,968 recipes

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

  2. Asparagus + eggtop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,338 recipes

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

  3. Butter + eggtop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together118,967 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  4. Asparagus + buttertop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,026 recipes

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

  5. Butter + sugartop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together98,233 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

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

What each ingredient does

Egg
Sets around the filling to form the body of the omelette garnish.
Butter
Adds fat and richness, carrying flavour and keeping the filling moist.
Asparagus
Provides the main flavour and texture of the filling.

The step that matters

Cooking gently until set. Egg proteins set at moderate heat and turn rubbery or curdled when overcooked or cooked too fast. Low, gentle heat lets the egg set evenly while the filling stays moist.

Swap the asparagus

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

  1. Capsicumfits better
  2. Asparagusthe original
  3. Sweet potatofits about as well
  4. Chivefits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against butter, pepper, sugar, egg. 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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