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Bacon Omelette Roll with Salsa

"This omelette is baked in a jelly-roll pan, topped with shredded cheese, then rolled, sliced and served with salsa."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 9 ingredients
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Why it works: Pepper and oregano match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and 3,449 recipes mention both. Both carry estragole, which smells anise, licorice. The science ↓

The recipe

8 slices
Prep20 min

Ingredients

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

Directions

Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.

  1. Preheat the oven to 375°F (190°C). Line a 15x10-inch jelly-roll pan with parchment paper.

  2. Whisk the eggs, milk, flour and crushed oregano until smooth. Pour into the lined pan and spread evenly.

  3. Bake for 12 to 15 minutes until the eggs are set in the center and reach 160°F (71°C).

  4. Sprinkle the cheese, chopped red pepper, green onions and crumbled bacon evenly over the top. Bake 2 to 3 minutes more until the cheese melts.

  5. Let the omelette rest 5 minutes. Starting from a short end, roll it up with the parchment paper, then let it cool 5 minutes.

  6. Cut the roll into 8 slices. Warm the salsa in a small pan or microwave until hot, then serve alongside the slices.

By allrecipes. 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. Pepper + oreganotop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together3,449 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  2. Milk + cheesetop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together4,424 recipes

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

  3. Pepper + oniontop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together68,463 recipes

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

  4. Milk + flourtop 8% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together76,993 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  5. Onion + cheesetop 8% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together4,838 recipes

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

Milk and flour share little aroma chemistry, yet 76,993 recipes mention both: they likely work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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

Flavor stand-ins for the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (egg, milk, flour, pepper, oregano, cheese):

  1. Capsicumbetter flavor fit
  2. Tomatobetter flavor fit
  3. Potatobetter flavor fit
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against egg, milk, flour, pepper, oregano, cheese. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).