Omelette à la Forestière (Omelette with Morels and Bacon)
Origin: Paris, France
Source: Auguste Escoffier, 1907
Ingredients
- eggs
- 50 grammes morels
- butter
- glace de viande
- 40 grammes lean bacon
- 1 pinch chopped parsley
- jus lié
Instructions
- Cut 3 of the finest morels in half and slice the rest.
- Sauté the morels in butter and set the 6 halves aside.
- Bind the sliced morels with a thread of glace de viande.
- Sauté 40 grammes of blanched diced lean bacon in the pan.
- Pour the eggs into the pan and make the omelette.
- Fill it with the bound morels combined with a pinch of chopped parsley.
- Arrange the 6 reserved morel halves in a line on the omelette and surround it with a ribbon of jus lié.