Country Style Omelette

Peter J's Note:

Adaptation of a recipe I saw on a cooking show a few years ago. I've listed exactly what I used on this occasion but of course a lot of variations are possible and different styles of cheese may be used.

• Total Time: 40 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 2

• 6 large eggs
• 1 medium potato, grated
• 1 tablespoon parsley, diced
• 100 g ham, virginian sliced and diced
• 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1/4 teaspoon sage
• 1 medium onion, finely diced
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 2 button mushrooms, sliced
• 2 cherry tomatoes, sliced
• 1/4 green capsicum, diced (green pepper)
• 1/4 red capsicum, diced (red pepper)
• 2 teaspoons parmesan cheese
• 100 g cream cheese, finely diced

Directions:

1. Whisk eggs in a medium bowl.
2. Add grated potato, parsley, ham, pepper, sage and onion to bowl and mix.
3. Melt butter in pan over medium heat and add mixture, set temperature so it is just bubbling.
4. Evenly spread mushrooms, tomato, capsicum and cheeses over top.
5. Cook without turning until top is starting to firm, around 30 minutes.
6. If required flip over and cook other side around one minute to set egg.
7. Serve cut in half without folding.

Reviews

[PaulaG]

This made a delicious brunch this morning. I did make a couple of changes based on ingredients on hand. I went for the ham and it had been eaten. I cooked a couple of slices of chopped bacon in a cast iron skillet, rendered the fat, added in the potatoes, bell peppers, onions and mushrooms. After they had cooked a bit, I poured the beaten eggs over. I did flip the omelet and then topped it off with goat cheese and the parmesan. This was served with sliced tomatoes and homemade gluten-free biscuits. The recipe actually made 4 nice servings.

[Roosevelt Mommy]

This was excellent! Even my three year old liked it! I changed things quite a bit to suit our tastes, but this was a great recipe to do that with! I cooked the potato and onion for about 5 min to get it going. I thought 30 min would cook the egg too much. I topped it with the cream cheese as stated and doubled the parmesan. I also added a few spoonfuls of salsa to replace the tomatoes, peppers, and mushrooms. Great VERSATILE recipe! Thank you for the inspiration! (By the way mine cooked through after about 15 min on med. low heat, covered)

[Pesto lover]

The omelette was delicious. The only adjustment I made was to use vegetarian sausage, crumbled, instead of the ham. I doubled the recipe with no problem and it was eaten up fast! Thanks for sharing the recipe. Made for ZWT6.