What do you have on your omelette?

[BrabusMog]

As per the title, what do you have on/in your omelette? I've never made them for myself until the start of last week and I'm loving an omelette with some sliced up roast ham that I've got left over from Xmas.

[HarryFlatters]

Anything I've got in the fridge. Cold meats, vegetables, cheeses...

My personal fav is smoked haddock (omelette Arnold Bennett).

[RizzoTheRat]

Mushrooms and chorizo, fry them in the pan then whack the egg in as well, plenty of cheese on top. Also works well as a thick savoury pancake instead of omelette but I've not quite got the hang of cooking them through properly yet.

Alternatively fried mushrooms and cheese more conventionally on top of the omelette

[BrabusMog]

I'll be trying one on the weekend with chorizo, I thought it would work well and adding mushrooms sounds even better!

[SilverSixer]

Left over salmon from Christmas Eve went in one the other day. With some unused sweetcorn and red peppers.

Cook it nice and thick in a skillet/frying pan, bottom half cooks on the hob then it gets bunged under the grill for a few minutes to cook the top half. Pan goes straight to table and it gets sliced up there. No need to flip/turn/fold etc, which I usually feck up. Lovely.

Still got some Christmas ham knocking about so that might get the treatment too.

[SS2.]

Bacon bits or ham, mushrooms, well softened onion & lots (and lots) of cheese.

Timing with omelettes is key - need to keep moving the mixture around the pan just long enough that it will still re-form. Too long in the mix, and it's in bits; too short and it doesn't get fluffy enough. Finish off under a hot grill.

No surprise that chefs often ask job candidates to knock up an omelette as part of the interview process.

[condor]

Usually mushrooms, sometimes with added ham. If I have some left over potato I dice it into small pieces and add them ( think that changes it to a frittata).
Otherwise I'll add cheese and finish under the grill to give it a rise (quick method of pretend soufle).

[calibrax]

Cheese. Nothing else. I like my omelettes simple!

[danpalmer1993]

Mushrooms, lots of cheese and pancetta. If we haven't got pancetta bacon normally replaces it.

[soad]

Spanish omelette.

[vanordinaire]

Cheese only if it's a 'proper' omlette. Anything else in it then I grill the top and it becomes a sort of frittata instead.

[toohuge]

Feta cheese and fresh basil leaves - you can thank me later

Or sausage and cheese, ham, mushrooms etc.

I try to keep the omelette simple, I can't stand seeing people in hotels getting carried away and essentially adding an entire meal to the poor omelette.

[C70R]

RizzoTheRat said:

Also works well as a thick savoury pancake instead of omelette but I've not quite got the hang of cooking them through properly yet.

You'll never cook a 'fritata' style omelette in a pan alone. Whack it under a medium grill before the bottom gets too dry/crispy, and pull it out before the top dries out completely.

[bomb]

Crème fraiche / grated cheese / fresh spinach.

Tomato / grated cheese.

both versions popped under a very hot grill to brown it off just prior to serving.

[Bungleaio]

I quite like a few dried mixed herbs in mine.

[vournikas]

calibrax said:

Cheese. Nothing else. I like my omelettes simple!

^ that for me.

Providing the egg mix is seasoned properly.

[RizzoTheRat]

C70R said:

You'll never cook a 'fritata' style omelette in a pan alone. Whack it under a medium grill before the bottom gets too dry/crispy, and pull it out before the top dries out completely.

Alas the flat I rent in the week has a combi microwave rather than a conventional oven/grill so I can't fit the frying pan in it. For an omelette a frying pan with lid on works well enough but isn't quite enough for a thick pancake

[5potTurbo]

I had an omelette breakfast at the weekned that was supposed to be chorizo with manchego cheese. It was underwhelming.


If I make an omelette at home, it's usually peppers, chorizo and cheese - loads of filling - but I cheat, and according to the above posts, it's not an omelette at all, but a "fritata"! (learn something every day around here )

[BrabusMog]

Frittata sounds a bit too poncey, I can't imagine my missus would take me seriously if I called to her from the kitchen with, "babe, what would you like on your fritata?!"

[sgrimshaw]

Ketchup......