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Sweet Omelet

A lightly sweetened omelet folded over jam.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 5 ingredients
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Why it works: Egg and butter are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 17% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 118,967 recipes. Both carry decanal, which smells soap, orange peel. The science ↓

Sweet Omelet

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Beat the eggs, water, and sugar together for 2-3 minutes.

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

Cook and serve

  1. Pour the egg mixture into the pan and stir from the bottom for a few seconds.

  2. When the omelet is set on the outside but still moist inside, add the warm jam in the center.

  3. Fold the omelet over, cook for an additional second, and turn it out onto a hot dish.

  4. Serve immediately.

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

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  2. Sugar + buttertop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together98,233 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

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

Eggs
Form the structure of the omelet as they set in the pan.
Butter
Adds richness and helps keep the omelet from sticking to the pan.
Castor sugar
Adds sweetness and helps the beaten eggs stay smooth.
Jam
Adds sweetness and fruity flavor in the centre of the omelet.

The step that matters

Adding the jam to the omelet. The omelet must be set on the outside but still moist inside. If it is cooked through, it becomes dry and tough, and the warm jam cannot spread into a soft filling.

“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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