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Bacon, Apple, and Blue Cheese Omelet Recipe

This bacon, apple, and blue cheese omelet recipe, though atypical breakfast fare, is pleasantly savory and sweet.

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Why it works: Milk and blue cheese match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and 119 recipes mention both. Both carry ethyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells fruity, apple. The science ↓

The recipe

2 omelets
Cook25 min

Ingredients

Contains: egg, milk (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Directions

Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.

  1. Melt 1 tablespoon of the butter in a 10-inch nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add the apple slices and cook, turning once, until tender and lightly golden, about 5 minutes. Transfer to a plate.

  2. In a bowl, whisk the eggs, milk, kosher salt, and black pepper until fully blended with no streaks, about 30 seconds. Divide the mixture in half.

  3. Melt 1 tablespoon of the butter in the same skillet over medium-low heat. Pour in half the egg mixture. Stir gently with a spatula for about 1 minute while the edges set, then let it cook undisturbed until the bottom is set but the top is still slightly moist, about 2 minutes.

  4. Scatter half the cooked apples, half the crumbled bacon, and half the crumbled blue cheese over one side of the omelet. Fold the other side over the filling. Cook about 1 minute more until the eggs are fully set and the cheese softens. Slide onto a plate.

  5. Melt the remaining tablespoon of butter in the skillet over medium-low heat. Repeat with the remaining egg mixture, apples, bacon, and blue cheese to make the second omelet.

  6. Serve both omelets immediately while warm.

By chow. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Milk + blue cheesetop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together119 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

  2. Butter + milktop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together81,222 recipes

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

  3. Apple + blue cheesetop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together40 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

  4. Butter + blue cheesetop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together226 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-decalactone (peach, creamy).

  5. Apple + milktop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together4,099 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4-heptenal (creamy, biscuit).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs