Parmesan-Crusted Mushroom Omelets Recipe Scriever
- 4 eggs
- some butter
- some olive oil
- 1 portabella cap, diced
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 1 small shallot, minced
- red wine
- salt to taste
- pepper to taste
- 1 cup or so grated fresh parmesan
- 1/2 cup or so shredded fresh mozzarella
- a handful of mache greens, coarsley chopped
- Bring eggs to room temp in a hot water bath for 5 mins.
- In a small skillet, melt 1 Tbsp.
- butter and add 1 Tbsp.
- olive oil.
- Toss in diced portabella.
- Saute until butter and olive oil are soked up, then lower heat and add 1/4 cup red wine, shallot, and a little salt and pepper to taste.
- Cook until mushrooms have soaked up the wine and remove from heat, covering pan.
- Beat 2 eggs with a fork, seasoning with salt and pepper to taste.
- Bring a 10" omelet pan to temperature over medium high heat.
- Lightly coat the pan with butter, then add 1/4 cup or so of parmesan in an even layer in the bottom of the pan.
- Once cheese starts to brown pour in egg mixture over the center and agitate gently to slight scramble, disturbing the cheese beneath as little as possible.
- (Using the corner of a silicone spatula in small motions works well.)
- Knock down the edges of the omelet and wait a few seconds.
- Give the pan a swirl to put excess liquid off to the sides and knock down the edges again.
- When the egg approaches custard consistency remove from heat and add portions of the mozzarella, mache, and portabella on one third of the omelet.
- Flip omelet edge over to cover the fillings, then gently tease the omelet from the surface with spatula and a gentle snap or two of the pan.
- Slide onto dinner plate as a trifold and eat.
- Repeat.
eggs, butter, olive oil, portabella, clove garlic, shallot, red wine, salt, pepper, parmesan, mozzarella, mache
Taken from www.chowhound.com/recipes/parmesan-crusted-mushroom-omelets-13498 (may not work)