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Bacon & Brie Omelette Wedges with Summer Salad

Spanish-style fritattas, or 'tortilla', are traditionally served in thick slices complete with oozing cheese and a crunchy salad

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 9 ingredients
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Bacon & Brie Omelette Wedges with Summer Salad

Why it works: Chive and cucumber match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 244 recipes. Both carry decanal, which smells soap, orange peel. The science ↓

Bacon & Brie Omelette Wedges with Summer Salad

Serves 4

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

220Calories
7 gProtein
19 gFat
5 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
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Cucumber1/2 cup sliced (52g)16
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3
Chive1 tbsp (3g)1
Brienot in our table0

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.

  1. Chive + cucumbertop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together244 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  2. Chive + mustardtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together587 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  3. Mustard + cucumbertop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,281 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  4. Olive + cucumbertop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,611 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methylbutyl acetate (fruit).

  5. Olive + chivetop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,633 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 mustard

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (olive, egg, chive, brie, red wine, vinegar, cucumber):

  1. Shallotfits about as well
  2. Tomatofits about as well
  3. Mustardthe original
  4. Welsh onionfits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against olive, egg, chive, brie, red wine, vinegar, cucumber. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.