OMELETTE NATURE (BASIC OMELET)

Omelette Nature (Basic Omelet) image

Provided by Craig Claiborne And Pierre Franey

Categories breakfast, brunch, dinner, easy, for one, lunch, quick, weekday, main course

Time 15m

Yield One serving

Number Of Ingredients 4

Ingredients

3 eggs, well beaten
Salt, if desired
Freshly ground pepper
1 1/2 teaspoons butter

Steps:

Combine the eggs, salt and pepper to taste in a mixing bowl.
Place an eight- or nine-inch omelet pan on the stove and heat well. Add the butter and, when melted, add the egg mixture and start cooking, shaking the skillet and simultaneously stirring rapidly with a fork, holding the tines parallel to the bottom of the skillet. Try not to scrape the Teflon or metal surface.
Cook to the desired degree of doneness. Ideally, in the minds of most fine cooks, the omelet must remain runny in the center, yet firm on the bottom. Remember that the omelet will continue to cook until the moment it is turned out of the pan and that it cooks quickly.
When the omelet is properly done, lift the handle of the skillet with the left hand. Knock the omelet pan on the surface of the stove so that the omelet ''jumps'' to the bottom curve of the pan. Use the fork and quickly fold the omelet from the top down. Let the omelet stand as briefly as possible over high heat until it browns on the bottom. Turn it out neatly onto a hot serving plate, seam side down.

Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 236, UnsaturatedFat 9 grams, Carbohydrate 1 gram, Fat 18 grams, Fiber 0 grams, Protein 16 grams, SaturatedFat 8 grams, Sodium 317 milligrams, Sugar 0 grams, TransFat 0 grams