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Mushrooms with Ham

A sautéed mixture of mushrooms and ham with breadcrumbs, eggs, and cream served on toast.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 6 ingredients
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Why it works: Bread and butter are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 27,232 recipes. Both carry delta-decalactone, which smells sweet, creamy. The science ↓

Mushrooms with Ham

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare and cook

  1. Mince the ham and mushrooms.

  2. Sauté them in the butter for about 8 minutes.

  3. Add the bread crumbs and pepper.

Finish and serve

  1. Mix together the eggs and cream, then stir them in.

  2. Stir until the mixture thickens and serve immediately on toast.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

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.

  1. Bread + buttertop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together27,232 recipes

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

  2. Mushroom + buttertop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together12,525 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-decenal (waxy, orange).

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

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

  4. Butter + creamtop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together41,516 recipes

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

  5. Mushroom + breadtop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,536 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

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

What each ingredient does

Mushrooms
Provide the main bulk and earthy flavour, releasing moisture as they cook in butter.
Ham
Adds savoury, salty meaty flavour throughout the mixture.
Bread crumbs
Absorb liquid and give the mixture body as it thickens.
Butter
Carries flavour and helps the mushrooms and ham brown while sautéing.
Eggs
Set as they heat, thickening the mixture into a creamy, cohesive texture.
Cream
Adds richness and moisture, producing a softer, silkier set.

The step that matters

Stir the eggs and cream in while the mixture thickens. Egg proteins set with gentle heat. If the mixture gets too hot or is not stirred constantly, the eggs can scramble into curds instead of forming a smooth, thickened sauce.

“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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