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Scrambled Egg, Smoked Trout & Chive Bagels

There's no need to keep scrambled eggs just for brunch, they make a pretty decent supper dish too

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients
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Why it works: Bagel and chive work together. They rank in the top 10% of all ingredient pairs, and 7 recipes mention both. Both carry isobutyraldehyde, which smells malty, green. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 2

Ingredients

Contains: egg, milk, fish (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

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By bbcgoodfood. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Bagel + chivetop 10% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together7 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  2. Egg + buttertop 8% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together118,511 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

  3. Butter + chivetop 9% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together2,087 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  4. Egg + chivetop 10% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together1,451 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  5. Bagel + buttertop 21% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together28 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

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