Irish Omelet Recipes

IRISH OMELETTE

Steps:

• Separate the eggs and beat the yolks and add them to the mashed potato, mixing thoroughly and then add the lemon juice, chives, salt and pepper.
• Whisk the egg whites until stiff and stir them into the potato mixture.
• Melt the butter in a pan and cook until the mixture is golden and then place under the broiler to finish and puff it up.
• Serve immediately.

TRADITIONAL IRISH OMELETTE RECIPE

Steps:

• Mash the potato and add the egg yolks together with the milk, chopped up chives, butter, lemon juice and a pinch of salt and pepper.
• In a separate bowl, whisk the egg whites until they hold a stiff peaks.
• Gently fold the whisked egg whites into the potato mixture, making sure that you don't lose any air.
• Heat the pan on low heat, add extra butter or oil and pour the omelette mixture in.
• Cook for about 5 minutes and check when the bottom gets a nice brown colour.
• At that point either place it under low heat grill (if you have a suitable skillet or a baking tray) or very gently turn the omelette in the pan. If you use a long and wide utensil, you should be fine turning the omelette without knocking too much air out of it.
• Cook for another 5 minutes or until is very light brown on the top.
• Traditionally you'd slice the omelette into 4 pieces and serve it with buttered toast or even a salad if it's for a lunch.

IRISH OMELET

Steps:

• Separate the eggs and beat the yolks. Add, the mashed potato to the yolks, mixing thoroughly. Add the lemon juice, chives, and salt and pepper.
• Whisk the egg whites until stiff. Fold the egg whites into the potato mixture.
• Melt the butter in a nonstick skillet or omelette pan over low-medium heat. Cook the omelet until golden (3-5 minutes), then run under the broiler to finish and puff the omelet.
• Serve immediately.