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RoK Omelette

A savory omelette flavored with shad roe, butter, parsley, and cayenne pepper.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 7 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 ↓

RoK Omelette

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the roe

  1. Boil the roe of the shad in hot water with a little salt for 20 minutes.

  2. Remove the roe and plunge it into ice-cold water until cold and firm.

  3. Wipe the roe and break it into a granulated mass, removing all skin and strings.

  4. Mix the roe with 1 tablespoon of butter, 1 tablespoon of minced parsley, and season with salt and cayenne pepper.

  5. In a saucepan, heat ½ cup of drawn butter and beat the roe mixture into it.

  6. Set the saucepan in boiling water while you prepare the omelette.

Make and fill the omelette

  1. Whip 6 eggs together, adding a little salt.

  2. Pour the eggs into a frying pan with 1 tablespoon of butter simmering.

  3. Shake the pan steadily until the omelette thickens.

  4. Spread the roe mixture on half of the omelette, fold the other half over it, and turn it out onto a hot dish.

  5. Garnish with parsley.

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. Roe + eggtop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together243 recipes

    Shared aroma: (e)-2-octenal (fatty, green).

  3. Roe + buttertop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together442 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,6-nonadienal (cucumber, green).

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

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

  5. Butter + eggtop 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

Roe of shad
Forms the rich, flavorful filling that gives the omelette its main character.
Eggs
Set into the structure of the omelette, holding the filling inside when folded.
Drawn butter
Adds richness and moisture, binding the roe into a smooth, spreadable mixture.
Butter
Enriches the omelette and gives it a golden surface and buttery flavor.

The step that matters

Shaking the pan while the eggs set. Constant gentle shaking keeps the egg moving so it sets into a tender, even sheet rather than a dry or scrambled layer. Too much heat or stillness can toughen or brown it unevenly.

“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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