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Parmesan Cheese Omelet

A quick omelet made with Parmesan cheese, eggs, cream, and seasonings, cooked in butter.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 6 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 ↓

Parmesan Cheese Omelet

Oven, in the book's wordsA moderately hot oven

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the eggs

  1. Beat the eggs in a bowl.

  2. Add the grated Parmesan cheese and cream to the eggs.

  3. Season with Cayenne pepper and coarse sea salt.

Cook and serve

  1. Melt butter in a frying pan over medium heat.

  2. Pour the egg mixture into the pan and cook until nicely browned.

  3. Turn the omelet onto a hot dish 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. Parmesan cheese + buttertop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,163 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  3. Parmesan cheese + peppertop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,322 recipes

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

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

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  5. Parmesan cheese + creamtop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together1,566 recipes

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

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 omelet as they cook.
Parmesan cheese
Adds savoury flavour and browns in the pan for a nutty crust.
Cream
Adds moisture and richness, keeping the omelet tender rather than dry.
Butter
Fats the pan so the omelet releases cleanly and browns.

The step that matters

Pour the egg mixture into the pan and cook until nicely browned. Over-high heat or overcooking makes eggs tough and dry, while gentle medium heat lets the proteins set softly. Browning should come from the butter and cheese, not from scorching the eggs.

“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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