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Fruit Omelette Flambé

Serves 4

Recipe by Howard Helmer

Impress yourself, impress your friends with Howard's flaming great omelette

Ingredients:
2 x Grade 6 or 7 eggs
1 Tbsp butter, margarine or oil
2 Tbsp water

For the filling:
1 cup fresh strawberries, stems removed, quartered
2 kiwifruit, peeled and sliced
1 banana, peeled and sliced
cup walnut or almonds pieces
cup maraschino cherries, stems removed
2 Tbsp icing sugar
cup apricot or peach flavoured brandy [35% alcohol]
Ice cream

Method:

  1. Beat eggs and water together until blended.
  2. Add the butter, margarine or oil into a hot 26cm non-stick pan.
  3. Pour in the mixture which should begin to bubble and steam as the water evaporates
  4. With an inverted spatula, quickly begin to tilt the pan and draw the edges of the mixture into the middle gently with the back of a spatula allowing the runny mixture to fill the hole. Do this around the pan until the egg doesn't flow and covers the whole bottom of the pan like a big pancake, but is still wet on top (should take about 20 seconds). (Don't cook it until it's dry! The moist egg will cook when the omelette is folded).
  5. Fill the left side of the omelette with the first 5 filling ingredients, piling them on top of each other (left-handed people, fill the RIGHT side). Fold the unfilled side of the omelette over and on top of the filling as best as you can.
  6. Dust the folded omelette with the sugar. Pour the brandy over and ignite it with a match.
  7. Baste the omelette with the burning brandy using a long handled spoon until the fire goes out.
  8. Serve from the pan using a long spoon. Garnish with ice cream.

Nutrition Per Serve Energy (KJ) 1706 Protein 7g Carbohydrate 56g Fat - Total 12g - Saturated 4g Sodium 94mg


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