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Baked Dippy Eggs

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By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Baked Dippy Eggs

Why it works: Cheese and bread are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,130 recipes. Both carry delta-decalactone, which smells sweet, creamy. The science ↓

Baked Dippy Eggs

Makes 4
Cook20 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1004Calories
57 gProtein
30 gFat
124 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Pork100g cooked242
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Cherry1 cup (138g)87
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Spinach1 cup raw (30g)7

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. Cheese + breadtop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,130 recipes

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

  2. Ham + breadtop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,536 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline (popcorn, roasted).

  3. Spinach + cherry tomatotop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1 recipe

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

  4. Egg + breadtop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together22,662 recipes

    Shared aroma: (e)-2-octenal (fatty, green).

  5. Spinach + breadtop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together466 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).

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

Swap the cherry tomato

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (ham, spinach, egg, cheese, bread):

  1. Figfits better
  2. Applefits better
  3. Pumpkinfits better
  4. Cherry tomatothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against ham, spinach, egg, cheese, bread. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.