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 ↓
Egg Drink
Ingredients
Directions
Beat the eggs and sugar until very light.
Pour the boiling water over the egg mixture.
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
- Whipped with sugar to trap air, giving the drink a light, foamy body.
- Castor sugar
- Sweetens the drink and helps stabilise the whipped egg foam.
- Boiling water
- Loosens the beaten eggs into a drinkable liquid and gently cooks them.
The step that matters
Pouring the boiling water over the egg mixture. Pour the water in slowly while whisking so the hot liquid mixes evenly. Pouring it in one rush can cook small pockets of egg, leaving the drink lumpy.
“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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