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Canned-Corn Omelet

A baked omelet made with eggs, canned corn, cream, and candied cherries, finished with a sweet cream topping.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 12 ingredients
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Why it works: Vanilla and milk are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 19,187 recipes. Both carry ethyl caproate, which smells fruity, apple peel. The science ↓

Canned-Corn Omelet

Ingredients

Directions

The book gives no oven temperature. The 400°F (200°C) in the steps was added when the recipe was transcribed, as a starting point.

Make the omelet

  1. Beat the yolks of the eggs until light.

  2. Add cream or milk, canned corn, salt, and pepper; mix thoroughly.

  3. Fold in the beaten egg whites until combined.

  4. Melt butter in an omelet pan, pour in the mixture, and let it set on the hot cover until the bottom is firm.

  5. Transfer to a 400°F (200°C) oven for about 3 minutes.

  6. Remove from the oven and stir in vanilla extract and chopped candied cherries.

  7. Form the mixture into a mound.

Top and serve

  1. In a bowl, combine thick cream, milk, vanilla, and sugar; beat until solid.

  2. Cover the mound of the omelet with part of the cream and use the remainder for garnish.

  3. Decorate with additional candied cherries and serve very cold.

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. Vanilla + milktop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together19,187 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl caproate (fruity, apple peel).

  2. Butter + milktop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together81,283 recipes

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

  3. Cream + buttertop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together41,516 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).

  4. Vanilla + sugartop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together35,032 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

  5. Corn + vanillatop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,943 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl cinnamate (sweet, balsamic).

Vanilla and sugar barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 35,032 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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

What each ingredient does

Eggs
Whites trap air for lift, and yolks add richness and structure as the omelet sets.
Cream
Adds moisture and richness, keeping the omelet tender rather than dry.
Butter
Adds fat for flavor and helps the base brown lightly in the pan.
Sugar
Sweetens the whipped topping and helps it hold a stable, spoonable texture.
Candied cherries
Add sweetness and chewy bursts of fruit flavor through the omelet and as garnish.

The step that matters

Beat the cream topping until solid. Cream only becomes stiff when whipped to the right point. Under-beaten cream stays runny and slides off the mound, while over-beaten cream turns grainy and can separate.

“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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