Mrs Beetons Cheese and Egg Recipes Revisited
To Make a Plain Sweet Omelet
6 Egg Yolks
3 Egg Whites
110g (4oz) Butter
50g (2oz) Sifted Sugar
Break the eggs into a basin, whisk well, adding the sugar and 50g (2oz) of butter, which should be broken into small pieces and stir well together.
Heat the remaining butter until quite hot in a small frying pan and when it starts to bubble, pour in the eggs, etc. Keep stirring them until they begin to set.
Turn the edges of the omelet over, to make it an oval shape and finish cooking it.
To brown the top, place the pan under a grill for a minute or two.
Turn it carefully on to a very hot dish, sprinkle with sugar and serve.
Time: From 4 to 6 minutes.
Sufficient for 4 persons.
Seasonable at any time.
TO MAKE A PLAIN SWEET OMELET
1459. INGREDIENTS - 6 eggs, 4 oz. of butter, 2 oz. of sifted sugar.
Mode - Break the eggs into a basin, omitting the whites of 3; whisk them well, adding the sugar and 2 oz. of the butter, which should be broken into small pieces, and stir all these ingredients well together. Make the remainder of the butter quite hot in a small frying-pan, and when it commences to bubble, pour in the eggs, &c. Keep stirring them until they begin to set; then turn the edges of the omelet over, to make it an oval shape, and finish cooking it. To brown the top, hold the pan before the fire, or use a salamander, and turn it carefully on to a very hot dish: sprinkle sifted sugar over, and serve.
Time - From 4 to 6 minutes.
Average cost, 10d.
Sufficient for 4 persons.
Seasonable at any time.
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