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Eggs and Bacon Another Way

A baked egg yolk mixture with ham, bacon, and seasonings served on bacon or ham rashers.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 11 ingredients
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Why it works: Parsley and shallot match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,737 recipes. Both carry 2,4-decadienal, which smells seaweed. The science ↓

Eggs and Bacon Another Way

Ingredients

Directions

The book gives no oven temperature. The 350°F (175°C) in the steps was added when the recipe was transcribed, as a starting point.

Prepare the filling

  1. Boil the eggs for 5 minutes, then peel and cut them in half.

  2. Remove the yolks and place them in a bowl.

  3. Add the white meat, ham, parsley, shallot, cream, ketchup, cayenne, breadcrumbs, and mace to the yolks.

  4. Pound the mixture until well combined.

Bake and serve

  1. Fill the egg white halves with the mixture.

  2. Bake gently at 350°F (175°C) for 10 minutes.

  3. Serve on broiled rashers of bacon or ham.

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. Parsley + shallottop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,737 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  2. Parsley + peppertop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together34,122 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  3. Shallot + peppertop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,898 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  4. Cream + ketchuptop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together279 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  5. Meat + hamtop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,095 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

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

What each ingredient does

Eggs
Egg whites form the structure holding the filling, while the yolks add richness and body.
Breadcrumbs
Absorb moisture from the cream and yolks, helping the filling hold together without becoming runny.
Cream
Adds moisture and softness to the yolk filling, keeping it smooth rather than dry.
Ham
Contributes savoury flavour and a firmer, meaty texture to the filling.

The step that matters

Bake gently at 350°F (175°C) for 10 minutes. Egg proteins set at moderate heat. Too high a temperature or too long a bake can make the filling dry, rubbery, or cracked, so gentle heat keeps the custard-like texture tender.

Swap the shallot

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (egg, meat, ham, parsley, cream, ketchup, pepper):

  1. Shallotthe original
  2. Capsicumfits about as well
  3. Carrotfits about as well
  4. Mustardfits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against egg, meat, ham, parsley, cream, ketchup, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

“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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