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Mushroom Omelet

A simple omelet with mushrooms, beaten eggs, and seasoning.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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Why it works: Egg and mushroom are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 21% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 5,987 recipes. Both carry 2-nonenal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓

Mushroom Omelet

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Beat the eggs in a bowl and season to taste.

  2. Clean and chop the mushrooms.

  3. Heat a non-stick skillet over medium heat and add butter or oil.

Cook the omelet

  1. Pour the beaten eggs into the skillet and cook until the edges start to set.

  2. Sprinkle the chopped mushrooms over one half of the omelet.

  3. Fold the omelet in half and cook until fully set.

Serve

  1. Serve hot.

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 + mushroomtop 21% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,987 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 with heat to form the tender body of the omelet.
Mushrooms
Add savory flavor and moisture to the filling.

The step that matters

Cook until the edges start to set, then fold. Egg proteins firm as they heat. Cooking too long or on high heat makes the omelet tough and rubbery, so fold it while the centre is still slightly soft.

“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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