Name: Scrambled Eggs with Smoked Salmon and Lemon Cream
Yield: Makes 2 servings
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons sour cream; 3/4 teaspoon fresh lemon juice; 1/4 teaspoon (packed) finely grated lemon peel; 1/4 teaspoon chopped fresh thyme; 4 large eggs; 1 tablespoon butter; 1 large green onion, thinly sliced; 2 ounces thinly sliced smoked salmon

Why it works: Lemon and thyme match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,973 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Scrambled Eggs with Smoked Salmon and Lemon Cream

Makes 2 servings

Ingredients

2 tablespoons sour cream
3/4 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
1/4 teaspoon (packed) finely grated lemon peel
1/4 teaspoon chopped fresh thyme
4 large eggs
1 tablespoon butter
1 large green onion, thinly sliced
2 ounces thinly sliced smoked salmon

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

548Calories

45 gProtein

31 gFat

21 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 7 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Smoked Salmon	100g cooked	208
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Yogurt	170g plain Greek	100
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Lemon	juice of 1 lemon (48ml)	12
Thyme	1 tsp dried (1.4g)	4

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By epicurious. 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 their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

Lemon + thymetop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together3,973 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Thyme + oniontop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together11,171 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Cream + buttertop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together41,516 recipes

Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).
Cream + salmontop 14% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together1,401 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).
Butter + oniontop 15% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together42,912 recipes

Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

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

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How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cream, lemon, thyme, egg, butter, salmon):

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Onionthe original

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

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