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Cheese and Chive Omelette with Fried Sourdough
A folded three-egg omelette with melted cheese, served with bread crisped in butter.
- Total
- 12 min
- Hands on
- 12 min
- Serves
- 1
- Method
- hob
- Cuisine
- French
Per serving · estimated
- Energy
- 585 kcal
- Protein
- 32 g
- Fat
- 36 g
- Carbs
- 32 g
Method
Step 1 of 8
Grate the cheese and chop the chives.
Gruyère
chives
Step 2 of 8
Beat the eggs with salt and pepper until completely even.
eggs
salt
black pepper
Step 3 of 8
Melt 5 g of the butter in a frying pan over medium heat and fry the bread on both sides until golden, then set aside.
butter
sourdough bread
Step 4 of 8
Melt the remaining butter in the pan over medium-low heat until it foams.
- butter
What ‘ready’ looks like Step 5 of 8
Pour in the eggs and stir gently with a spatula, drawing the set curds to the centre.
- eggs
Step 6 of 8
Scatter the cheese and chives over the surface once the top is just set to 71 °C.
- Gruyère
- chives
What ‘ready’ looks like Step 7 of 8
Fold the omelette over on itself and slide it onto a plate.
Step 8 of 8
Serve with the fried sourdough alongside.
- sourdough bread
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