Tomato omelette

For 6 people, you will need:

1 3 tomatoes
2 1 shallot
3 3 tablespoons olive oil
4 200 g mushrooms
5 3 tablespoons olive oil
6 6 eggs
7 6 tablespoons olive oil
8 salt
9 pepper
Total weight: 1,005 grams

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Time required for this recipe:

Preparation	Resting	Cooking	Start to finish
34 min.	5 min.	22 min.	1 hour 1 min.

Keeping: A few hours in the fridge, protected with plastic film.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 5 min.

Remove the stalks from 3 tomatoes and cut into fairly thick slices. Salt and pepper these on both sides.

Stage 2 - 15 min.

Prepare and chop 1 shallot.

Prepare and chop 200 g mushrooms.

Pour 3 tablespoons olive oil into a saucepan on medium heat. When hot, add the shallot, salt and pepper and cook for 1 minute.

Stage 3 - 1 min.

Add the chopped mushrooms, salt and pepper and stir well.

Stage 4 - 10 min.

The mushrooms will give off water, so leave this to evaporate...

Stage 5

...slowly until only the mushrooms are left.

Cover and set aside.

Stage 6 - 5 min.

Pour 3 tablespoons olive oil into a non-sitck frying pan over medium heat. When hot (lightly smoking), add the tomato slices.

Be careful as these will spit! Have a large lid handy to protect your cooker.

Fry the tomatoes on both sides.

Stage 7 - 2 min.

Tip the cooked tomatoes onto a plate. Remove and discard the skins.

Stage 8 - 3 min.

Beat 6 eggs, salt and pepper.

Stage 9 - 2 min.

Clean the frying pan, return to the heat and pour in 6 tablespoons olive oil.

When this is nice and hot arrange some of the tomato slices in the pan without overlapping, in a line if possible, like in the photo.

Stage 10 - 7 min.

Pour the beaten eggs around the tomatoes and cook the omelette, pushing the eggs around gently with a wooden spatula.

Stage 11 - 2 min.

When the omelette is almost cooked but a little of the egg is still runny, add the mushrooms on top of the tomatoes.

Stage 12 - 2 min.

Then add the remaining tomato slices.

Stage 13 - 2 min.

Fold the sides in towards the centre and turn off the heat.

Stage 14 - 5 min.

Cover the omelette with a sheet of aluminium foil and leave to rest like this for a few minutes before serving to finish cooking gently.

Remarks

In Provence, tomato omelettes are often eaten cold. This is the meal eaten by the hunters of Bartavelles (Marcel's father and uncle Jules) in 'My Father's Glory' (La Gloire de Mon Père) by Marcel Pagnol.

Nutritional information

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

How much will it cost?

For 6 people : 3.83 €
Per person : 0.64 €

Note : These prices are only approximate

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