Eggs — Omelet a la Celestine

Ingredients

• four eggs
• a tablespoonful of powdered sugar
• a very little butter
• a teaspoonful of butter
• three tablespoonfuls of strawberry jam

Method

1. 1

   Break four eggs in a bowl, beating them only enough to mix the whites and yolks thoroughly.

2. 2

   Add a tablespoonful of powdered sugar and a very little butter.

3. 3

   Put a teaspoonful of butter in the omelet pan.

4. 4

   As soon as hot, turn in the eggs, shake the pan so the eggs do not set and brown until the raw egg is all cooked, lifting the cooked part every few seconds to allow the raw egg to run upon the hot pan.

5. 5

   As soon as the omelet is set, add three tablespoonfuls of strawberry jam; fold over the omelet, turn onto a platter, dust with powdered sugar, and serve at once.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The bachelor and the chafing dish (1895) by Deshler Welch, page 37. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Eggs — Omelet a la Celestine. — Break four eggs in a bowl, beating them only enough to mix the whites and yolks thoroughly. Add a table- spoonful of powdered sugar and a very little butter. Put a teaspoonful of butter in the omelet pan. As soon as hot turn in the eggs, shake the pan so the eggs do not set and brown until the raw egg is all cooked, lifting the cooked part every few seconds to allow the raw egg to run upon the hot pan. As soon as the omelet is set add three tablespoonfuls of strawberry jam

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