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Haivi Toasts

Ham and egg toast made by frying grated ham with egg yolk and pepper, then placing on toast and browning.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 5 ingredients
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Why it works: Ham and butter are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 16% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 5,475 recipes. Both carry trans-2-decenal, which smells waxy, orange. The science ↓

Haivi Toasts

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Grate the lean ham.

  2. Mix the grated ham with the beaten egg yolk and pepper.

Cook and serve

  1. Fry the mixture in clarified butter.

  2. Place the mixture on square bits of toast.

  3. Brown the toast under a salamander or broiler.

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. Ham + buttertop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,475 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-decenal (waxy, orange).

  2. Ham + eggtop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,526 recipes

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

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

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  4. Pepper + buttertop 21% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together85,593 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

  5. Ham + peppertop 23% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together6,058 recipes

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

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

What each ingredient does

Lean ham
Provides the savory base of the topping, with its meaty flavor carrying the dish.
Egg yolk
Binds the grated ham together and adds richness and moisture to the topping.
Clarified butter
Fries the topping, adding fat for browning and a rich, nutty flavor.
Square bits of toast
Gives a crisp base that holds the topping and contrasts with its softness.

The step that matters

Browning the toast under a salamander or broiler. Intense heat from above browns the surface quickly. Watch closely, because the toast and topping can scorch before they are evenly golden.

“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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