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Mushroom Omelet

A quick omelet made with eggs, mushroom puree, chopped mushrooms, butter, salt, pepper, and herbs.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 6 ingredients
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Why it works: Pepper and parsley match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 34,122 recipes. Both carry 4'-methylacetophenone, which smells bitter almond. The science ↓

Mushroom Omelet

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Beat the eggs in a bowl and season with salt and pepper.

Cook the omelet

  1. In a pan, melt the butter and fry the chopped mushrooms until almost done.

  2. Add the herbs to the mushrooms and mix well.

  3. Pour the beaten eggs over the mushrooms and cook until set.

Serve

  1. Serve hot, garnished with additional herbs if desired.

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. Pepper + parsleytop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together34,122 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

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

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

  3. Mushroom + peppertop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together13,580 recipes

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

  4. Mushroom + parsleytop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together6,132 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  5. Butter + parsleytop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together28,563 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-hexenal (green, leafy).

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

What each ingredient does

Eggs
Set to form the body of the omelet as they cook.
Mushroom purée
Adds concentrated mushroom flavor and moisture to the eggs.
Butter
Adds richness and helps the mushrooms brown in the pan.
Chopped mushrooms
Provide texture and earthy flavor inside the omelet.

The step that matters

Cook the eggs until just set. Eggs turn firm and rubbery when overcooked, so removing the pan from heat while the surface is still slightly moist keeps the omelet tender.

Swap the parsley

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (egg, mushroom, butter, pepper):

  1. Parsleythe original
  2. Thymefits about as well
  3. Nutmegfits less well
  4. Tarragonfits less well

Fit is the average pairing score against egg, mushroom, butter, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

“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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