Why it works: Tomato and egg are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 34% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 5,890 recipes. Both carry 2-nonenal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓
Broiled Eggs
Ingredients
Directions
Heat the boiling oil in a frying pan.
Add the tomato flesh, salt, minced pimento, and herbs; mix thoroughly.
Break the eggs over the mixture and stir briskly over the heat until the eggs are set.
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.
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Tomato + eggtop 34% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together5,890 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).
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What each ingredient does
- Eggs
- Set into a soft structure as they cook, forming the body of the dish.
- Tomatoes
- Add moisture and acidity that loosen the mixture and balance the rich eggs.
The step that matters
Stirring the eggs until set. Eggs cooked over high heat can turn rubbery or dry, and stirring briskly keeps the curds small and tender as the proteins coagulate.
“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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