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Omelet of Mushroom or Potato

A lightly beaten egg omelet folded with mushrooms or potatoes.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 6 ingredients
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Why it works: Milk and butter are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 81,283 recipes. Both carry (z)-4-heptenal, which smells biscuit, cream. The science ↓

Omelet of Mushroom or Potato

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the eggs

  1. Beat the eggs until light, with the whites stiff and yolks smooth.

  2. Add milk, salt, and pepper to the yolks, then gently fold in the whites.

Cook the omelet

  1. Heat a good amount of butter in a hot frying pan until it sizzles.

  2. Pour the egg mixture into the pan and do not stir.

  3. As the eggs set, use a broad-bladed knife to lift the edges to prevent burning.

  4. Once the middle is set, fold in the finely chopped mushrooms or potatoes.

  5. Invert onto a hot dish to serve, with the browned side facing up.

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. Milk + buttertop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together81,283 recipes

    Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).

  2. Butter + mushroomtop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together12,525 recipes

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

  3. Pepper + mushroomtop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together13,580 recipes

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

  4. Milk + mushroomtop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,231 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-hexanal (fruit).

  5. Egg + buttertop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together118,967 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

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

What each ingredient does

Eggs
Whites trapped by beating set into a light structure, and the yolks give richness and color.
Milk
Adds moisture and softness to the set eggs.
Butter
Fat for frying that browns the surface and adds flavor.
Mushrooms or potatoes
Filling that adds bulk, moisture, and savory flavor to the omelet.

The step that matters

Keep the heat moderate and do not stir once the eggs go in. Egg proteins set as they heat, so stirring breaks up the forming curds and makes the texture uneven. Lifting only the edges lets uncooked egg flow beneath and cook evenly, while too much heat scorches the bottom before the middle sets.

“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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