Tomato Omelette

Ingredients

• two or three tomatoes
• an onion
• a tablespoonful of butter
• pepper
• salt

Method

1. 1

   Make an ordinary omelette, and before serving pour this mixture into it: Take two or three tomatoes and cut them into pieces; slice an onion very thin, melt a tablespoonful of butter into a saucepan and place the onion in it.

2. 2

   Cook them, but do not allow to color; add pepper, salt, and the pieces of tomato.

3. 3

   Stir all together for ten minutes, take out the mixture, pass it through a sieve, and return to the pan; thoroughly reheat, and serve.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Soyer's standard cookery (1912) by Nicolas Soyer, page 139. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Tomato Omelette. Make an ordinary omelette, and before serving pour this mixture into it : — Take two or three tomatoes and cut them into pieces; slice an onion very thin, melt a tablespoonful of butter into a saucepan and place the onion in it. Cook them, but do not allow to color; add pepper, salt

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