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Sweet Omelet

A lightly sweetened omelet cooked with butter, cream, and sugar.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 5 ingredients
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Why it works: Cream and butter are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 41,516 recipes. Both carry delta-dodecalactone, which smells sweet, creamy. The science ↓

Sweet Omelet

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Beat the eggs well and add the salt, sugar, and cream or milk.

  2. Heat the butter in an omelet pan.

  3. Pour in the egg mixture and stir with a spoon or fork until it begins to set.

  4. Fold the omelet towards the side of the pan in the form of a crescent.

  5. Cook for 1 minute longer, then turn onto a hot dish.

  6. Dredge with caster sugar and 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.

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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. Cream + buttertop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together41,516 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).

  2. Cream + sugartop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together43,450 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-butanedione (butter, sweet).

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

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  4. Butter + sugartop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together98,233 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  5. 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
Set into a delicate structure that forms the body of the omelet.
Butter
Adds richness and prevents the eggs from sticking to the pan.
Cream or milk
Adds moisture, producing a softer, more tender omelet.
Caster sugar
Adds sweetness and a light caramelized finish on the surface.

The step that matters

Stirring until it begins to set. Stirring while the eggs are partly liquid creates soft curds, but stirring too long makes them dry and tough. Stop once the mixture is just beginning to set, then fold while it is still moist.

“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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