Spinach Omelette
An ultra-simple but delicious omelette recipe. The beaten eggs are poured over spinach that has already been cooked with shallots.
41,8834.6/5 for 30 ratings
Grade this recipe: Last modified on: May 1st 2016
For 4 people, you will need:
300 g 
How long does it take?
Time required for this recipe:
| Preparation | Cooking | Start to finish |
|---|---|---|
| 10 min. | 7 min. | 17 min. |
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Step by step recipe
Stage 2 - 1 min.
Melt 20 g butter in a large frying pan on medium heat.
Add the shallots, salt and pepper, and cook for 1 minute without colouring.
Add the shallots, salt and pepper, and cook for 1 minute without colouring.
Stage 3 - 1 min.
Add 300 g cooked spinach, mix well...
Stage 4 - 3 min.
...and cook for 2-3 minutes, mainly to "dry off" the spinach a little.
Stage 6 - 1 min.
Pour the eggs over the spinach...
Stage 7 - 3 min.
... and gather the spinach into the middle, preferably using a wooden spatula.
Stage 8 - 1 min.
As soon as the eggs have set underneath and are still runny on top, fold the omelette in half.
Serve immediately.
Serve immediately.
Remarks
This recipe can be adapted to make omelettes with all kinds of cooked vegetables, such as leeks.
It is not essential to fold the omelette over, it just looks more attractive.
It is not essential to fold the omelette over, it just looks more attractive.
Keeping:
Should be eaten immediately.Nutritional information
| Whole recipe | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 635 Kcal or 2,659 Kj | 44 gr | 18 gr | 54 gr |
| 32 % | 17 % | 2 % | 8 % |
| Per 100 g | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 95 Kcal or 398 Kj | 7 gr | 3 gr | 8 gr |
| 5 % | 3 % | <1 % | 1 % |
| Per person | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 159 Kcal or 666 Kj | 11 gr | 5 gr | 14 gr |
| 8 % | 4 % | <1 % | 2 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 4 people : 2.07 €
- Per person : 0.52 €
Note : These prices are only approximate.
Source
Home made.More recipes?
This recipe uses (among others) | Cooked spinach: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Spinach and hard-boiled egg gratin, Feta and spinach brik pie, Chicken with spinach in a cream sauce , Fish terrine with spinach and tomatoes, Spinach brik parcels, ... All |
 | Butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Chocolate cereal bars, Pecan fruit rolls , Spinach and hard-boiled egg gratin, Little chocolate and hazelnut fondants, Lobster Thermidor, ... All |
 | Egg: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Lemon tart, Cheese Soufflé, Traditional nutty choc-chip cookies, Nanou's chocolate cake, Tatin apples with mascarpone cream, ... All |
 | Shallot: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Aperitif rolls, Pork roast with herbs, Mixed tomato salad, Tabbouleh, How to prepare cockles, ... All |
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