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Three quick omelet recipes

The recipe for omelet with ham and cheese

The recipe for the ham and cheese omelet is very simple:beat your eggs with a pinch of salt and a little pepper. Then add a few slices of ham cut into strips and a little grated cheese of your choice (Emmental, Comté, Roquefort, Mimolette, fresh goat cheese, etc.). Then cook the omelet as usual. You can also decorate this omelet with all the ingredients of your choice:chopped fresh herbs, diced fresh or preserved tomatoes… Serve with a seasoned green salad. And here is a delicious and quickly ready complete meal, ideal for dinner with the family on weeknights.

The soufflé omelette recipe

For an even lighter omelet recipe, there is a very simple trick:beat the egg whites before incorporating them into the rest of the preparation. For an even more soufflé result, also add, in the beaten egg whites, a pinch of cornstarch before beating them. Cook your puffed omelet in a pan like a classic omelet, about 5 minutes, then put it in the oven for about ten minutes. On the same principle, you can decorate your puffed omelette with some fresh herbs, some spices, a little grated cheese... Do not put too many ingredients so that the omelette rises well and retains all its lightness .

The tortilla-style potato omelet recipe

This Spanish version of the omelette is enhanced with potato strips to make a kind of melting and delicious pancake. First, cook a few potatoes cut into very thin strips in a little fat and 1 chopped onion in a pan. Once the potatoes are cooked and tender (after about 30 minutes), pour in the beaten eggs. Let cook for a few minutes before flipping. This omelette recipe can be garnished with the ingredients of your choice:zucchini slices, diced pepper or tomato, spices (paprika, chilli, curry…), small pieces of chorizo…