Onion Omelet
From: Andree, St-Henri, Levis, Quebec, Canada
Comments: Serve with a green salad and potato-onion pancakes.
Servings: 2
IngredientsPreparation
  • 2 tablespoons [30 g] butter
  • 1 cup [250 mL] chopped onions
  • 3 eggs
  • 3 tablespoons [45 mL] milk
  • 1/2 teaspoon [2.5 mL] salt
  • Pinch of pepper
  • 1/8 teaspoon [0.5 mL] chervil
  • Melt 1 tablespoon [15 mL] butter in a heavy medium-sized frypan.
  • Add onions; lower heat to low.
  • Cook until lightly brown; cover and cook, stirring occasionally, for 5 minutes, until soft.
  • Remove onions from frypan.
  • Lightly beat eggs.
  • Add milk, salt, pepper, chervil and onions; mix well.
  • Melt remaining butter in the same frypan; pour in mixture.
  • Slowly cook over medium heat, lifting sides every once in a while until there is no more liquid on top.
  • Cook until just firm, but still a little wet on top.
  • Top frypan with a serving plate, lifting the thickest side of the omelet so that it will roll on itself onto the serving plate.
  • Serve immediately.