To Make a Plain Sweet Omelet

Origin: London, England

Source: Isabella Beeton, 1861

Ingredients

Instructions

  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. then 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: sprinkle sifted sugar over, and serve.

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