Omelette with Hop Shoots
Origin: Paris, France
Source: Auguste Escoffier, 1907
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons hop shoots
- 1 small spoonful hop shoots
- cream sauce (crème)
Instructions
- Prepare an omelette in the standard manner.
- Fill the omelette with 2 tablespoons of hop shoots (jets de houblon) bound with cream.
- Slit the top of the omelette as is customary.
- Garnish with 1 small spoonful of the same hop shoots.
- If desired, encircle the omelette with a ribbon of cream sauce (crème).