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Spinach Omelette

An ultra-simple but delicious omelette recipe. The beaten eggs are poured over spinach that has already been cooked with shallots.

40,2084.6/5 for 30 ratings

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Last modified on: May 1^st 2016

For 4 people, you will need:

0 2 shallots
1 1 ½ tablespoon butter
2 1 ¹⁄₃ cup cooked spinach
3 6 eggs
4 salt
5 pepper

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Time required for this recipe:

Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
10 min.	7 min.	17 min.

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Keeping:

Should be eaten immediately.

Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 5 min.

Prepare and finely chop 2 shallots.

Stage 2 - 1 min.

Melt 1 ½ tablespoon butter in a large frying pan on medium heat.

Add the shallots, salt and pepper, and cook for 1 minute without colouring.

Stage 3 - 1 min.

Add 1 ¹⁄₃ cup cooked spinach, mix well...

Stage 4 - 3 min.

...and cook for 2-3 minutes, mainly to "dry off" the spinach a little.

Stage 5 - 2 min.

Break 6 eggs, salt and pepper, then beat with a whisk for about 1 minute.

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.

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.

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 %

% 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 4 people : 2.07 €
Per person : 0.52 €

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Source

Home made.

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This recipe uses (among others)

	Cooked spinach: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Scrambled eggs with butter-fried bread and fresh spinach, Fish terrine with spinach and tomatoes, Spinach and hard-boiled egg gratin, Polenta with spinach and soft-poached egg, Parcels of fish fillet in spinach, ... All
	Butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Pesto crackers, Beurre blanc sauce, Roscoff loaf, How to prevent butter burning during cooking, Caramelized apple and walnut cake, ... All
	Egg: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Gâteau Breton (Brittany butter cake), Tomato tatin, Chocolate and matcha tea biscuits, Small ratatouille with , How to cook hard-boiled eggs properly , ... All
	Shallot: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Rosemary steamed fish, Cretan-style salmon , Sliced chicken with mushrooms and broccoli, Like a Boursin with garlic and herbs, Flamiche, ... All

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