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Rum Omelet

A sweet omelet flavored with rum, cooked with butter and powdered sugar, then flambéed.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 5 ingredients
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Why it works: Butter and rum are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 13% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,007 recipes. Both carry delta-decalactone, which smells sweet, creamy. The science ↓

Rum Omelet

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Break eggs into a bowl, add powdered sugar and salt, and beat gently with a fork.

  2. Melt butter in an omelet pan, avoiding burning it.

Cook the omelet

  1. Pour the egg mixture into the pan and shake to detach it from the sides.

  2. Continue cooking until the eggs are partly set, then fold the omelet.

  3. Let it stand to brown, then transfer it to a serving dish.

Flame and serve

  1. Pour the hot Jamaica rum over the omelet, set it on fire, 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. Butter + rumtop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,007 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-decalactone (sweet, creamy).

  2. Sugar + rumtop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together2,908 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

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

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  4. Sugar + buttertop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together98,233 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  5. Egg + sugartop 21% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together122,807 recipes

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

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

What each ingredient does

Eggs
Set to form the omelet's structure and body as they cook.
Butter
Adds richness and helps the omelet brown lightly in the pan.
Powdered sugar
Adds sweetness and helps the omelet brown on the surface.
Jamaica rum
Adds aroma and flavor; igniting it gives a flamed finish.

The step that matters

Keep the butter from burning before the eggs go in. Butter that browns too far turns bitter and dark, and it can scorch the eggs before they set. Melting it gently over moderate heat gives a clean, even base for the omelet.

“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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