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Pineapple Omelet

A sweet and savory omelet made with pineapple and powdered sugar.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 6 ingredients
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Why it works: Sugar and pineapple are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 19% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 4,841 recipes. Both carry 2-nonenal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓

Pineapple Omelet

Ingredients

Directions

Make the omelet

  1. Beat the egg yolks with powdered sugar and coarse sea salt in a bowl.

  2. Fold in the grated pineapple gently.

  3. Cook the mixture in a hot skillet until set.

Finish and serve

  1. Score the omelet as you would for an orange omelet.

  2. Sprinkle with powdered sugar before serving.

  3. Garnish with slices of pineapple 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.

Explore the science

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. Sugar + pineappletop 19% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together4,841 recipes

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

  2. Egg + sugartop 21% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together122,807 recipes

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

  3. 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
Provide structure and richness, setting into a tender, custard-like omelet when heated.
Grated pineapple
Adds moisture and sweet, acidic fruit flavor to the eggs.
Powdered sugar
Adds sweetness and helps the sprinkled top brown lightly in the pan.

The step that matters

Cook the mixture in a hot skillet until set. Egg yolks turn firm at moderate heat, and overheating makes them tough and dry. Cook until just set so the omelet stays tender and moist.

Swap the pineapple

The recipe marks pineapple as optional. How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (egg, sugar):

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Raisinfits better
  3. Lemonfits better
  4. Pineapplethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against egg, sugar. 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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