Crab and Courgette Omelette

Preparation info
  • Serves

    1

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
The Times Cookbook

By Frances Bissell

Published 1995

  • About

This simple summery dish is good for lunch, supper or even a late breakfast.

Ingredients

  • 1 smallish courgette
  • 1 tsp unsalted butter
  • 2–3 eggs

Method

Top and tail the courgette, and grate it into shreds. Heat the butter in a small frying pan or omelette pan and add the grated courgette. Cook over a gentle heat for about 5 minutes. Lightly beat the eggs. Raise the heat under the pan, and pour in the beaten egg. Draw the egg back to the centre from the edges as it sets to allow the uncooked egg to run to the edges and cook through. When still