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Little vegetable omelettes

As an appetiser or starter, little thick soft omelettes, with diced tomato, courgette and smoked ham.

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Last modified on: June 11^th 2011

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For 15 pieces, you will need:

1 1 courgette
2 1 tomato
3 1 slice smoked ham
4 2 Eggs
5 6 tablespoons olive oil
6 3 tablespoons Herb olive oil (optional)
7 1 garlic clove
8 1 bayleaf
9 1 sprig tarragon
10 1 sprig rosemary
11 salt
12 pepper
Total weight: 581 grams

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Times for this recipe

Preparation: 43 min.

Cooking: 27 min.

All in all: 1 hour 10 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 15 min.

Prepare 1 courgette, cut into very small dice.

Stage 2 - 15 min.

Peel 1 tomato, remove seeds and cut this too into very small dice.

Stage 3 - 1 min.

Into a pan over a medium heat pour 3 tablespoons of olive oil and when hot, add garlic clove, sprigs of tarragon, rosemary and bayleaf.

Cook for one minute while stirring.

Stage 4 - 1 min.

Add diced courgette, and mix well.

Lightly salt (2 pinches).

Stage 5 - 7 min.

Cook until done, but still slightly crunchy.

Stage 6 - 2 min.

Into a pan over a medium heat, pour 3 tablespoons of olive oil, or better still olive oil with herbs.

When oil is hot (lightly smoking), add the diced tomato, salt and pepper and mix well.

Cook for 2 minutes.

Stage 7 - 3 min.

Remove (and discard) tarragon, garlic, bayleaf and rosemary from the courgettes, then add tomatoes.

Stage 8 - 1 min.

Salt and pepper then cook together for one minute, stiring continuously.

Remove from heat and seta aside.

Stage 9 - 1 min.

Put the tomato frying pan back on the heat, without cleaning it. When hot, put in the smoked ham slices, 20 seconds on each side.

Stage 10 - 2 min.

Remove from the frying pan, and cut into medium size pieces (about half an inch or 1 cm).

Stage 11 - 1 min.

Beat the 2 eggs with salt and pepper.

Stage 12 - 1 min.

Add the tomatoes and courgettes, mix well.

Preheat the oven to 356°F (180°C).

Stage 13 - 5 min.

Into small moulds (preferably silicone ones, easy to unmould), put some smoked ham and then pour in the egg-tomato-courgette mix to about 2/3 of the way up.

Be careful, omelettes inflate when cooking and so can overflow.

Stage 14 - 15 min.

Put in the oven for 10-15 minutes.

Stage 15

Be careful towards the end of the cooking time, it's important that omelettes are not overcooked, and stay soft.

Remarks

You can eat them hot, warm or cold.

Keeping: Several days in the fridge, covered by a plastic film.

Source: Home made.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
1,569 Kcal or 6,569 Kj	19 gr	7 gr	163 gr
78 %	7 %	1 %	25 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
270 Kcal or 1,130 Kj	3 gr	1 gr	28 gr
14 %	1 %	<1 %	4 %

Per piece
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
105 Kcal or 440 Kj	1 gr	< 1 gr	11 gr
5 %	<1 %	<1 %	2 %

% 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).

Possible allergens in this recipe: Egg

How much will it cost?

For 15 pieces : 3.12 €
Per piece : 0.21 €

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