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Deviled Eggs with Tarragon Recipe

Hard-boiled egg yolks are mashed with Dijon mustard, tarragon, mayonnaise, and capers, then scooped into the hard-boiled egg whites, for a tangy, herbal riff...

By chow · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Deviled Eggs with Tarragon Recipe

Why it works: Mustard and capers match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 624 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Deviled Eggs with Tarragon Recipe

12 deviled eggs
Cook1 hr

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

92Calories
7 gProtein
6 gFat
3 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3
Capers1 tbsp (9g) drained2
Tarragon1 tsp dried (0.5g)2
Chives1 tbsp (3g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

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 their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Mustard + caperstop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together624 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Capers + chivetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together245 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  3. Capers + tarragontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together379 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  4. Mustard + tarragontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together901 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyleugenol (clove, spice).

  5. Tarragon + chivetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together589 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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

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How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (egg, mustard, capers, tarragon, pepper):

  1. Shallotfits better
  2. Lettucefits about as well
  3. Horseradishfits about as well
  4. Chivethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against egg, mustard, capers, tarragon, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.