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Omelette an Fromage

A quick French-style cheese omelette made with eggs, Parmesan, parsley, and butter.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 6 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 ↓

Omelette an Fromage

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Break the eggs into a bowl and season with pepper and salt.

  2. Beat the eggs well and add the grated Parmesan cheese and chopped parsley.

  3. Melt the butter in an omelet pan over medium heat.

Cook and serve

  1. Pour the egg mixture into the pan and stir until it begins to set.

  2. Shake the pan to help the omelet cook evenly.

  3. Fold the ends of the omelet inwards and let it brown.

  4. Turn the omelet onto an oval dish, sprinkle with more grated cheese, and serve.

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. Parmesan cheese + buttertop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,163 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  3. Pepper + parmesan cheesetop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,322 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

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

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

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

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

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

What each ingredient does

Eggs
Set into a delicate structure that forms the body of the omelet.
Parmesan cheese
Adds savory, salty flavor and melts into the eggs for richness.
Butter
Adds fat for flavor and helps keep the eggs from sticking to the pan.
Parsley
Adds fresh, herbal aroma and a touch of color.

The step that matters

Stirring until the eggs just begin to set. Stirring the eggs while they set creates small curds for a tender texture. Letting them set too far before folding makes the omelet tough and dry, so the cook should stop while the surface is still slightly moist.

“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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