Cold Omelet Loaf

Gâteau de Crespèus

Preparation info
    • Difficulty

      Medium

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By Richard Olney

Published 1974

  • About

A crespèu (or crespéou, the Provençal tongue lending itself to a certain orthographic freedom) is, traditionally, a flat omelet containing pieces of fried salt pork, sautéed potatoes, or both—identical to an omelette à la Savoyarde. By extension, other flat omelets are often called crespèus. The Provençal crespèu and the Italian frittata are twins.

This gateau of multi-tiered omelets was chosen from the repertory of a regional restaur