Name: Ultimate French Omelette
Yield: Serves 1
Ingredients: 3 eggs , as fresh as possible, preferably organic and free-range, room temperature; 2 knobs unsalted butter; 1 tsp finely, freshly grated Parmesan (or vegetarian alternative); 2-3 chopped tarragon leaves; 1 tbsp each snipped chives and chopped chervil or parsley; 3 rounded tbsp finely grated Gruyère

Why it works: Tarragon and chive match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 589 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Ultimate French Omelette

Serves 1

Ingredients

3 eggs , as fresh as possible, preferably organic and free-range, room temperature
2 knobs unsalted butter
1 tsp finely, freshly grated Parmesan (or vegetarian alternative)
2-3 chopped tarragon leaves
1 tbsp each snipped chives and chopped chervil or parsley
3 rounded tbsp finely grated Gruyère

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

294Calories

17 gProtein

24 gFat

2 gCarbs

Counts 6 of 7 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 6 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Parmesan Cheese	1 oz (28g)	110
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Tarragon	1 tsp dried (0.5g)	2
Chive	1 tbsp (3g)	1
Parsley	1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)	1
Chervil	not in our table	0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

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 their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

Tarragon + chivetop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together589 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Butter + chivetop 16% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together2,097 recipes

Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).
Egg + buttertop 17% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together118,967 recipes

Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).
Butter + tarragontop 17% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,572 recipes

Shared aroma: anethole (sweet, anise).
Egg + chivetop 19% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,624 recipes

Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

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

Swap the tarragon

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (egg, butter, chive):

Capersfits better
Tarragonthe original
Parsleyfits about as well
Nutmegfits less well

Fit is the average pairing score against egg, butter, chive. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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