French Omelette with Melted Cheese and Croutons
- 3 large eggs
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1 ounce gruyere cheese or cheddar, grated
- 1/2 slices bread, white white
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- French omelettes are quite thick, so the size of the pan is important, for a 3 egg omelette you need a 5-inch frying pan, 10-inches for a 6 egg omelette and so on.
- Cut the bread into small squares of about half to quarter of an inch.
- Fry them in oil gently and remove from the pan as soon as they turn golden.
- Wipe the pan out and put in the butter.
- In a bowl lightly beat the three eggs.
- Heat the butter until it hisses.
- The moment it stops hissing pour in the three beaten eggs and with the back of a fork, scramble them in the hot butter for about a minute until all the egg is cooked.
- When it looks sort of soft scrambled addd the cheese, sprinkle over the croutons and season.
- While the middle is still a little moist, fold it with a palette knife or fork and tip it onto a warm plate.
- The omelette will go on cooking for another 35 seconds to a minute after you have taken it out so unless you like eggy shoe leather, take it out of the pan just before it is cooked.
- It is a wonderful omelette, slightly soft in the middle, crunchy and cheesy.
eggs, butter, gruyere cheese, bread, vegetable oil
Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/french-omelette-melted-cheese-c-39416 (may not work)