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Peach Omelet

A sweet omelet with peaches, marshmallows, and brandy, served hot.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 5 ingredients
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Why it works: Peach and brandy work together. They rank in the top 12% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 339 recipes. Both carry beta-damascenone, which smells apple, rose. The science ↓

Peach Omelet

Ingredients

Directions

Make the omelet

  1. Beat the eggs until well mixed.

  2. Cook the omelet in a skillet over medium heat until set.

  3. Before folding, add the sliced peaches and sugar.

  4. Fold the omelet and transfer it to a hot dish.

Flambé and serve

  1. Cut four slits on top and insert marshmallows dipped in brandy.

  2. Pour 1 tablespoon of brandy over the top and carefully ignite it.

  3. Serve immediately as a dessert or at the end of a luncheon.

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. Peach + brandytop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together339 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

  2. Egg + brandytop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together7,340 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetoin (butter, cream).

  3. Peach + sugartop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together2,308 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

  4. Sugar + brandytop 19% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together11,939 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

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

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

Sugar and brandy barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 11,939 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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, holding the filling together.
Sliced peaches
Add moisture and fruity sweetness to the filling.
Sugar
Sweetens the peaches and promotes gentle browning in the pan.
Marshmallows
Melt and add soft sweetness inside the warm omelet.
Brandy
Adds aroma and flavor, and its alcohol burns off when flambéed.

The step that matters

Igniting the brandy. Alcohol vapour ignites only when warm and in the right amount. Pouring too much brandy or lighting it near flammable items can cause a dangerous flare-up, so add it carefully and ignite it away from the cook's hands and any hanging items.

Swap the peach

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

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Raisinfits better
  3. Apricotfits better
  4. Peachthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against egg, sugar, brandy. 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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