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 ↓
Omelet Souffle
Ingredients
Directions
The book gives no oven temperature. The 350°F (175°C) in the steps was added when the recipe was transcribed, as a starting point.
Separate the yolks and whites of the eggs.
Beat the yolks with a pinch of salt until thick and pale.
In a separate bowl, beat the egg whites until stiff peaks form.
Gently fold the beaten egg whites into the yolk mixture.
Heat butter in a pan over medium heat.
Pour the mixture into the pan and cook until the bottom is set.
Transfer the pan to a preheated oven at 350°F (175°C) to finish cooking.
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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Egg + buttertop 17% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together118,967 recipes
Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).
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