French butter omelette with cheese
The classic rolled omelette: three eggs stirred over gentle heat until they form small, creamy curds, rolled around a line of grated Gruyère and turned out pale and smooth. Salt, butter and good eggs are the whole recipe, and it takes about four minutes once the pan is warm.
- Time
- 15 min (5 prep + 10 cook)
- Servings
- 2
- Per serving
- 377 kcal
- Protein
- 25 g
Ingredients
- 6 large eggs
- 1/4 tsp salt
- a pinch white pepper
- 4 tsp butter, 2 tsp per omelette
- 1/3 cup finely grated gruyere
Steps
- For each omelette, beat 3 eggs with half the salt and pepper until no streaks of white remain.
- Warm a 8 inch non-stick pan over medium-low heat. Melt 2 teaspoons of the butter until it foams but does not colour, then pour in the eggs.
- Stir constantly in small circles with a spatula, shaking the pan, for about a minute, until the eggs are soft curds and barely wet. Smooth them flat, take the pan off the heat and lay half the cheese in a line down the middle.
- Tilt the pan and roll the omelette from the handle side over the cheese, then tip it seam-side down onto a warm plate. Repeat for the second omelette and eat at once.
Good to know
How do I keep it pale?
Keep the heat low and take the pan off while the top still looks wet. The eggs carry on cooking as you roll, and colour on the outside means the pan was too hot.
Can I add herbs?
Chopped chives are the classic if you are not strictly carnivore. Stir them into the eggs just before they go in the pan.
Per
- Calories
- 219
- Protein
- (27%)
- 14 g
- Fat
- (72%)
- 17 g
- Carbohydrates
- (2%)
- 1 g
- of which sugar
- <1 g
- Fiber
- <1 g
- Sodium
- 402 mg
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Computed from the ingredients with our published formula, not yet kitchen-tested. How
As written, 754 kcal goes into the pot and 362 g of ingredients comes out as about 344 g of food: 219 kcal per 100 g. Cooking moves water and energy density is the score's biggest lever, so the dish is scored as cooked, not as an average of its parts. Every ingredient links to its food page, with the same data and score. The label's percentages are each macronutrient's share of the calories. The full formula.