Why it works: Egg and sugar are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 21% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 122,807 recipes. Both carry 2-nonenal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓
Jelly Omelet
Ingredients
Directions
Beat the eggs until foamy and add ½ teaspoon salt and 1 tablespoon sugar.
Cook the omelet until set, then spread with jelly, jam, or marmalade.
Fold the omelet, turn it out onto a plate, and sprinkle with fruit sugar.
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
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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.
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Egg + sugartop 21% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together122,807 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).
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What each ingredient does
- Eggs
- Set into a tender structure when heated, forming the body of the omelet.
- Sugar
- Adds sweetness to the egg mixture and helps keep the omelet tender.
- Jelly, jam, or marmalade
- Adds fruit sweetness and flavor, and moisture, as a filling inside the omelet.
The step that matters
Cook the omelet until set. Egg proteins set over moderate heat. Cooking too long or too hot makes them tough and rubbery, and an overdone omelet cracks when folded.
“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.
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