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Whitebait Omelet

A savory omelet made with whitebait, eggs, salt, and cayenne pepper.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 4 ingredients
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Why it works: Egg and pepper are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 33% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 50,580 recipes. Both carry 2-nonenal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓

Whitebait Omelet

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Prepare the whitebait by cleaning and seasoning with salt and cayenne.

Make the omelet

  1. Beat the yolks of the eggs in a bowl.

  2. Mix in the cooked whitebait.

  3. Fold in the beaten egg whites.

  4. Heat a non-stick skillet over medium heat and pour in the egg mixture.

Cook and serve

  1. Cook until the omelet is set.

  2. Fold it over and serve.

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. Egg + peppertop 33% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together50,580 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

Egg and pepper barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 50,580 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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

What each ingredient does

Eggs
Provide the structure that sets the omelet, and the beaten whites add lightness.
Whitebait
Supplies the main filling and its savory, salty flavor.

The step that matters

Cook until the omelet is set. Egg proteins firm as they heat, and overcooking makes them tough and dry. Cooking over medium heat gives a gentler set, so the omelet stays tender and moist inside.

“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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