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Martha Stewart’s herb-filled omelet

Food connoisseur shares her tips to making this egg-cellent breakfast dish

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A true sign of a talented chef is the ability to make an egg-cellent omelet. Want some tips? Food and home connoisseur Martha Stewart, author of “Martha Stewart’s Cooking School: Lessons and Recipes for the Home Cook,” shares her secrets and a recipe for an herb-filled omelet.

Herb-filled omelet
“Martha Stewart’s Cooking School: Lessons and Recipes for the Home Cook”

Because it involves some practice to perfect, making an omelet has become one of the tests of a cook’s true talents. The end result leaves little room for error, as any rips, tears, or other flaws are impossible to mask (other than by topping with a sauce or garnish). Just follow the tips, and don’t give up after an unsuccessful attempt. (Remember, even imperfect omelets taste delicious.) Done often enough, omelet-making should soon become second nature.

This three-egg omelet is strewn with fresh herbs for the simplest of fillings. If you’d like an omelet with a bit more heft, add another egg.

INGREDIENTS

Grated cheese, such as Gruyère, Cheddar, or fontina
Crumbled soft cheese, such as goat cheese or feta
Wilted greens
Slow-roasted tomatoes
Caramelized onions or shallots
Chopped blanched asparagus
Diced or thinly sliced ham
Sautéed mushrooms

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DIRECTIONS

Prepare skillet and eggs: Heat an 8-inch skillet over medium-high heat. (It’s ready when your palm feels warm when held just above the skillet.) When the pan is hot, heat the clarified butter until hot but not smoking. While the butter is heating, whisk the eggs in a medium bowl and season with salt and pepper.

Cook omelet: Working quickly, pour the whisked eggs into the hot skillet. Reduce heat to medium. Simultaneously stir the eggs with a heatproof flexible spatula and shake the skillet vigorously back and forth over heat for about a minute. You want to keep the eggs moving, incorporating some of the runny parts with the more-cooked parts until there are some curds swimming in the eggs. Continue cooking, using a spatula to pull cooked eggs from the edge and allow uncooked parts to run underneath until the eggs are just set, with no more runny parts (this should take 15 to 30 seconds). Sprinkle herbs evenly over eggs, then run the spatula around all sides of omelet to loosen it from the pan. Use spatula to lift opposite edge of omelet and gently fold over one third. Then, holding pan over plate, simultaneously slide and roll omelet onto plate so that it lands with the seam side down. (Alternatively, flip over one half to form a half-moon shape.) Serve immediately.

TIPS

Variations: Replace the herbs with about 1/4 cup of any of the ingredients listed above (or a combination), adding them to the pan when the eggs are just set

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Reprinted from Martha Stewart's Cooking School by Martha Stewart. Copyright (c) 2008. Published by Clarkson Potter/Publishers, a division of Random House, Inc.

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