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Name: Oven omelette
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 37 min
Total time: 52 min
Yield: 12 people
Cuisine: french
Ingredients: 12 eggs; 600 g cooked potato; 2 onions; 8 tablespoons oil; 300 g small pieces of bacon; salt; pepper

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Oven omelette

For this omelette with a difference, we'll fry sliced potatoes, bacon (lardons) and onions, then pour the beaten eggs over and finish cooking everything together in the oven.

The French sometimes call this an "Omelette of Moyenmoutier" after a village in the Vosges.

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Last modified on: May 21^th 2017

For 12 people, you will need:

1 12 eggs
2 600 g cooked potato
3 2 onions
4 8 tablespoons oil
5 300 g small pieces of bacon
6 salt
7 pepper
Total weight: 1,990 grams

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Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
15 min.	37 min.	52 min.

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1 or 2 days in the fridge, covered with plastic film.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 5 min.

Break 12 eggs into a bowl, add salt and pepper then beat with a whisk.

Stage 2 - 7 min.

Peel 600 g cooked potatoes and slice.

Prepare 2 onions and chop finely.

Stage 3 - 7 min.

Pour 8 tablespoons oil into a large frying pan on high heat.

When really hot, add the sliced potatoes and brown on both sides.

Salt after frying and set aside.

Stage 4 - 3 min.

Use the same pan to fry 300 g small pieces of bacon until lightly browned.

Stage 5 - 2 min.

Then add the chopped onion and cook for a further 2 or 3 minutes without browning the onion.

Check the seasoning.

Stage 6 - 2 min.

Preheat the oven to 360°F (180°C).

Butter a gratin dish, then add the potatoes and spread the bacon and onions over the top.

Stage 7 - 1 min.

Pour the beaten eggs over.

Stage 8 - 25 min.

Bake for about 25 minutes. Check towards the end to ensure that the omelette is not overcooked.

Stage 9

Serve without delay.

Remarks

This works well using diced ham instead of the bacon bits (lardons).

Nutritional information

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

How much will it cost?

For 12 people : 5.31 €
Per person : 0.44 €

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Source

Based on a recipe by Jean-Marc Toussaint.

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