Name: Meat Omelet
Ingredients: 3 tablespoons chopped meat; eggs; butter; salt

Why it works: Meat and butter are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 16% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 7,594 recipes. Both carry guaiacol, which smells smoky, sweet. The science ↓

Meat Omelet

Ingredients

3 tablespoons chopped meat
eggs
butter
salt

Directions

Prepare a creamy omelet using eggs, butter, and salt.
Sprinkle chopped meat onto the omelet before rolling.
Roll the omelet and serve immediately.

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.

Meat + buttertop 16% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together7,594 recipes

Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).
Egg + buttertop 17% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together118,967 recipes

Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).
Meat + eggtop 22% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together6,432 recipes

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

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What each ingredient does

Eggs: Form the structure of the omelet as they set when cooked.
Butter: Adds richness and helps keep the omelet tender and prevents sticking.
Chopped meat: Adds savory flavor and substance to the filling.

“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.