Why it works: Coffee and egg are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 29% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,239 recipes. Both carry 2-nonenal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓
Coffee
Ingredients
Directions
Mix coffee, raw egg, and cold water in a bowl.
Add boiling water slowly to the mixture.
Stir gently to combine.
Serve immediately for best flavor.
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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Coffee + eggtop 29% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together3,239 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
- Coffee
- Provides the main coffee flavor and aroma of the drink.
- Raw egg
- Adds body and a creamy, smooth texture to the liquid.
The step that matters
Adding the boiling water slowly. Pouring hot water in quickly can cook the raw egg unevenly and make it scramble or clump. Adding it slowly while the mixture is stirred lets the egg warm gradually and blend smoothly into the coffee.
“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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