Mrs Beetons Cheese and Egg Recipes Revisited
Bachelor’s Omelet
2-3 Eggs
115ml (4floz) Milk
50g (2oz) Butter
1 tsp Flour
Cayenne, to taste
Herbs and Onion, to taste
Make a thin cream of the flour and milk.
Beat the eggs, mix all together and add a pinch of salt and a little cayenne.
Melt the butter in a small frying pan and when very hot, pour in the batter.
Cook for a few minutes over a medium to high heat.
Sprinkle the omelet with some chopped herbs and a few shreds of onion.
Double the omelet dexterously and shake it out of the pan on to a hot dish.
A simple sweet omelet can be made by the same process, substituting sugar or preserve for the chopped herbs.
Time: 2 minutes.
Sufficient for 2 persons.
Seasonable at any time.
BACHELOR’S OMELET
1462. INGREDIENTS - 2 or 3 eggs, 2 oz. of butter, 1 teaspoonful of flour, 1/2 teacupful of milk.
Mode - Make a thin cream of the flour and milk; then beat up the eggs, mix all together, and add a pinch of salt and a few grains of cayenne. Melt the butter in a small frying-pan, and, when very hot, pour in the batter. Let the pan remain for a few minutes over a clear fire; then sprinkle upon the omelet some chopped herbs and a few shreds of onion; double the omelet dexterously, and shake it out of the pan on to a hot dish. A simple sweet omelet can be made by the same process, substituting sugar or preserve for the chopped herbs.
Time - 2 minutes.
Average cost, 6d.
Sufficient for 2 persons.
Seasonable at any time.
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