Preparing Omelettes

Preparing Omelettes

Omelettes come in many different styles and forms, so here is a basic

omelette and some variations that you can take a crack at. This recipe

quite contentedly feeds one, if they are hungry and like big

omelettes.

What you need

A Frying Pan

A Mixing Bowl

Some Cooking Oil

Some Butter

3 Large Eggs

A bit of Milk

A Pinch of Salt

A Pinch of Pepper

Some Mixed Herbs

Non obligatory Ingredients

4 Mushrooms

2 rashers of Bacon

half a small Onion

Some Grated Cheese

Some Chopped up Cooked Ham

Whatever else you happen to have in your fridge, that you think will

go in an omelette

What you need to do - basic omelette.

Break the eggs into the Mixing bowl, (it doesn't matter if the yokes

break, as your going to whisk them in a minute.), and to this a splash

of milk, (ok so I expect that your wondering exactly how much a splash

is, well basically, its a dollop, you hold the carton and pour some

milk in, then stop. Its about twice as much as you put in your coffee,

Then you add a small amount of butter, not a large lump just some

skiffts of the end, you also add the pinch of Salt, the Pepper, the

Mixed Herbs, just chuck some in, and that should be fine, so long as

you don't just empty the packet into the mixture you should be ok.

Now you need to whisk the mixture so that it contains lots of air, a

balloon whisk is usually best, as you don't want to beet it too hard.

Now that's done, you can heat the frying pan, add a small amount of

cooking oil, and melt in some butter. When the frying pan is warm, add

the mixture, and wait. Using a plastic spatula loosen the edges, and

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... middle of paper ...

...d peeks with a balloon whisk is really hard work, so it

is unlikely that you will get to see this effect. (it's over rated

anyway))

Now when this bit of hard work has been completed, you now mix the

rest of the ingredients together in the other mixing bowl, using a

fork. This mixture can now be folded into the egg whites using a large

spoon. This resulting mixture is then poured into the frying pan.

The other difference, is that you cook soufflé omelettes at a slightly

higher heat than, basic omelettes, and you cook them quickly. So after

about a minute and a half you then transfer the frying pan to under

the grill, which you have preheated to a moderate heat, it remains

under the grill for about another 1 minute 30 seconds, until the top

is an even golden brown. It is now ready to be folded in half and

served.