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Egg Wine

Egg Wine is a warm drink made by whisking an egg with wine and heating gently.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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Egg Wine

Why it works: Egg and wine are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 33% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 6,918 recipes. Both carry 2-heptenal, which smells green. The science ↓

Egg Wine

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Beat the egg in a bowl.

  2. Gradually add the wine to the egg, stirring well.

  3. Return the mixture to a saucepan and heat gently.

  4. Stir continuously for no more than one minute to avoid boiling.

  5. Serve warm with toast.

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. Egg + winetop 33% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together6,918 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-heptenal (green).

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

What each ingredient does

Egg
Thickens the wine as it heats, giving the drink a creamy, custard-like body.
Wine
Provides the main liquid and flavour, and its acidity keeps the mixture smooth when heated.

The step that matters

Stir continuously over gentle heat, for no more than one minute. Egg proteins set when heated, so if the mixture boils or overheats it can curdle and turn grainy. Constant stirring and gentle heat spread the warmth evenly and keep the egg smooth.

“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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