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Asparagus Omelet

A quick omelet made with cooked asparagus, eggs, cream, and seasonings.

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

Asparagus Omelet

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the filling

  1. Beat the eggs a few strokes in a bowl.

  2. Add cream, salt, cayenne pepper, and parsley to the eggs and mix well.

  3. Stir in the cooked asparagus tips.

Cook and serve

  1. Heat a buttered skillet over medium heat.

  2. Pour the egg mixture into the skillet and cook until set.

  3. Fold the omelet and serve on a hot platter.

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. Asparagus + parsleytop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together566 recipes

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

  3. Cream + buttertop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together41,516 recipes

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

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

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

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

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

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

What each ingredient does

Eggs
Set into the structure of the omelet as they cook, holding the filling together.
Cream
Adds moisture and a softer, more tender texture to the cooked eggs.
Cooked asparagus tips
Provide the main vegetable flavour and filling in the omelet.

The step that matters

Pour the egg mixture into the skillet and cook until set. Eggs cook quickly over direct heat and turn rubbery if overcooked. Cooking over medium heat until just set keeps the omelet tender and moist.

Swap the asparagus

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

  1. Potatofits about as well
  2. Spinachfits about as well
  3. Chivefits about as well
  4. Asparagusthe original

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