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Omelette Aux Fines Herbes

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 5 ingredients
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Why it works: Parsley and tarragon match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,563 recipes. Both carry estragole, which smells anise, licorice. The science ↓

Omelette Aux Fines Herbes

Ingredients

Directions

  1. In a bowl, beat the eggs with a pinch of salt and pepper.

  2. Chop the fresh herbs finely and mix them into the eggs.

  3. Heat butter in a skillet over medium heat.

  4. Pour the egg mixture into the skillet and cook until the edges set.

  5. Gently lift the edges with a spatula, allowing uncooked eggs to flow underneath.

  6. When the omelette is mostly set, fold it in half 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.

  1. Parsley + tarragontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,563 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  2. Chive + tarragontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together589 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  3. Parsley + peppertop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together34,122 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  4. Parsley + chivetop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,150 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  5. Tarragon + peppertop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,399 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

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

Swap the chive

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (egg, parsley, tarragon, butter, pepper):

  1. Shallotfits about as well
  2. Chivethe original
  3. Asparagusfits less well
  4. Carrotfits less well

Fit is the average pairing score against egg, parsley, tarragon, butter, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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