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A Delicious Omelette

A simple egg-based dish cooked in a pan with breadcrumbs and milk.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 4 ingredients
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Why it works: Milk and butter are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 81,283 recipes. Both carry (z)-4-heptenal, which smells biscuit, cream. The science ↓

A Delicious Omelette

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Mix the eggs, breadcrumbs, and enough milk to create a batter.

  2. Heat oil or butter in a frying pan over medium heat.

Cook and serve

  1. Pour the mixture into the pan and cook slowly for 10 minutes.

  2. Run a knife around the edges to loosen the omelette.

  3. Carefully turn or roll the omelette onto a hot dish.

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. Milk + buttertop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together81,283 recipes

    Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).

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

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  3. Egg + milktop 18% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together88,785 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
Set into the structure of the omelette as they cook, holding it together.
Breadcrumbs
Absorb liquid and add body, giving the omelette a softer, more tender texture.
Milk
Thins the egg mixture and adds moisture, keeping the omelette tender as it cooks.

The step that matters

Cook slowly over medium heat. Egg proteins set as they are heated. Too much heat toughens and browns the outside before the centre sets, so gentle, steady heat keeps the omelette tender and evenly cooked.

“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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