Omelet under Sauce
Origin: Saint Petersburg, Russia
Source: Elena Molokhovets (Елена Молоховец), 1901
Ingredients
- 14 egg yolks
- 1 spoon green parsley
- dill
- salt
- 14 egg whites
- 1/2 spoon butter
- 1 spoon flour (sauce)
- 1/2 glass milk (sauce)
- 1 glass smetana (sauce)
- 2 egg yolks (sauce)
Instructions
- Beat 12-15 yolks with chopped parsley, a little dill and salt; fold in 12-15 whipped whites.
- Bake on 2 pans with red-hot butter (see No. 1686), ~8 minutes in a hot oven; stack the layers on a dish.
- 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.
- 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.