Plain Sweet Omelet

The Book of Household Management · Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary) · 1861
Source
The Book of Household Management
Yield
4.0 persons
Status
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Not a recipe
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Ingredients (4)
Omelet
Instructions (7)
  1. Break the eggs into a basin, omitting the whites of 3.
  2. 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.
  3. Make the remainder of the butter quite hot in a small frying-pan, and when it commences to bubble, pour in the eggs, &c.
  4. Keep stirring them until they begin to set.
  5. Turn the edges of the omelet over, to make it an oval shape, and finish cooking it.
  6. To brown the top, hold the pan before the fire, or use a salamander, and turn it carefully on to a very hot dish.
  7. Sprinkle sifted sugar over, and serve.
Original Text
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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