Omelet under Sauce

Origin: Saint Petersburg, Russia

Source: Elena Molokhovets (Елена Молоховец), 1901

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. Beat 12-15 yolks with chopped parsley, a little dill and salt; fold in 12-15 whipped whites.
  2. Bake on 2 pans with red-hot butter (see No. 1686), ~8 minutes in a hot oven; stack the layers on a dish.
  3. Make sauce: boil 1/2 spoon butter, 1 spoon flour, 1/2 glass milk; add 1 glass smetana, boil once, beat in 2 yolks, reheat and salt.
  4. Pour over. For a sweet version, use sugar and cinnamon instead of the greens; may be served with any sauce from No. 392 to No. 499.

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