The King of Oude's Omlet

Ingredients

• five fine fresh eggs
• two dessertspoonsful of milk or cream
• a small teaspoonful of salt
• one -or half that quantity of cayenne pepper
• three of minced mint
• two dessertspoonsful of young leeks, or of mild onions chopped small
• an ounce and a half of good butter

Method

1. 1

   Whisk the eggs lightly, add milk or cream, salt, cayenne pepper, minced mint, and chopped leeks or onions.

2. 2

   Melt butter in a frying pan, pour in the egg mixture, and cook until firm and light brown underneath.

3. 3

   Slide onto a hot dish, fold, and serve.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Modern cookery, in all its branches (1884) by Eliza Acton, page 525. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

THE KING OF OUDE’s OMLET. Whisk up very lightly, after having cleared them in the usual way, five fine fresh eggs ; add to them two dessertspoonsful of milk or cream, a small teaspoonful of salt, one -or half that quantity fin 612 MODERN COOKERY. [chap. XXXII. English eaters— of cayenne pepper, three of minced mint, and two dessertspoonsful of young leeks, or of mild onions chopped small. Dissolve an ounce and a half of good butter

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