Shrimp Omelette
Origin: Chicago, Illinois
Source: Sara Bosse and Onoto Watanna (Winnifred Eaton), 1914
Ingredients
- 0.5 cup shrimp meat
- 5 eggs
- 1 cup mushrooms
- 2 tablespoons sweet lard
- salt
- pepper
Instructions
- Heat the sweet lard in the pan until hot.
- Add the washed and finely cut mushrooms, and cook for five minutes.
- Add the cooked, flaked shrimp meat and cook for two minutes more.
- Beat the five eggs and pour into the pan.
- Cook for five minutes, being careful not to burn the omelette; do not stir or shake the pan, only move it very gently.
- Slip the omelette from the pan without breaking it, presenting it with the mushroom and shrimp side up or folded in two.
- Serve on a hot platter.