Name: Omelette in the Style of Savoy (L’Omelette à la Savoyarde)
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: For 4 people
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: Eggs (8 large); Crystal salt, freshly ground black pepper, freshly grated nutmeg; Alpine Gruyère cheese, grated (½ lb.); Ham, slivered (¼ lb.); Butter (6 Tb); Heavy cream (¼ cup)

Preparation info

For
4
people

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
15 min

Appears in

The Auberge of the Flowering Hearth

By Roy Andries De Groot

Published 1973

About

Ingredients

Staple Items

Butter (6 Tb)
Eggs (8 large)

Method

Make the omelette in the usual way, but just before pouring the eggs into the hot pan, lightly beat into them the ¼ pound of slivered ham, with salt and pepper, to taste, plus 1 or 2 grinds of nutmeg. In a small saucepan over low heat, set the cream to get warm but never to be near boiling. Melt