As planned, I made an omelette this morning. However, it didn’t quite turn out as planned.
Re-reading the directions, I’ve already realized one of my errors. I thought that they said to make the pan as hot as possible (‘As hot as you dare’), then add the butter, then add the eggs. However, they actually say to heat the pan, add the butter, then to turn up the heat really high.
What happened with me is that, because the pan was on full-heat, the butter boiled off and became brown almost instantly :(. So, I turned down the heat (but only a little), and added some more butter. That lasted a bit longer, but was becoming brown very quickly. So, I poured in the eggs that I had pre-mixed, and they cooked almost instantly. Well, actually, the bottom of the eggs cooked almost instatly (almost to the point of burning) while the top remained runny.
So, I quickly added the filling (tomotoes and cheese). I let the omelette cook just a bit more, in an attempt to halfway-cook the top side of the eggs. I remembered from the directions that “an omelette will go on cooking even on the plate&rdquo, so I transferred the omelette to the plate before the eggs were completely cooked.
But, I may have had too much filling in there — four tomato-slices diced, plus cheese — so I ended up with a crumbled omelette. And, it was nearly burnt on the bottom-side, but a touch raw on the top side.
Next time, I’ll be sure to only turn up the heat after the butter has melted. And, I’ll also use more eggs (I used just two eggs this time around, which underwhelmed the filling).
