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Omelette

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Plain omelette with garnish

Alternative names Omelet
Type Meal
Course
Breakfast, brunch
Place of origin France
Serving temperature Hot
Main ingredients
Eggs, butter or oil
Variations various


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In cuisine, an omelette or omelet is a dish made from beaten eggs fried with butter or oil in a frying pan (without stirring as in scrambled egg). It is quite common for the omelette to be folded around a filling such as cheese, chives, vegetables, mushrooms, meat (often ham or bacon), or some combination of the above. Whole eggs or sometimes only egg whites are beaten with a small amount of milk, cream, or even water.




Contents






  • 1 History


  • 2 Records


  • 3 Gallery


  • 4 Variations


  • 5 See also


  • 6 References





History


The fluffy omelette is a refined version of an ancient food. According to Alan Davidson,[1] the French word omelette came into use during the mid-16th century, but the versions alumelle and alumete are employed by the Ménagier de Paris (II, 5) in 1393.[2]Rabelais (Pantagruel, IV, 9) mentions an homelaicte d'oeufs,[3] Olivier de Serres an amelette, François Pierre La Varenne's Le cuisinier françois (1651) has aumelette, and the modern omelette appears in Cuisine bourgoise (1784).[4]


According to the founding legend of the annual giant Easter omelette of Bessières, Haute-Garonne, when Napoleon Bonaparte and his army were traveling through southern France, they decided to rest for the night near the town of Bessières. Napoleon feasted on an omelette prepared by a local innkeeper, and thought it was a culinary delight. He then ordered the townspeople to gather all the eggs in the village and to prepare a huge omelette for his army the next day.[5]



Records


On March 19, 1994, the largest omelette (128.5 m2, 1,383 sq ft) in the world at the time was made with 160,000 eggs in Yokohama, Japan,[6] but was subsequently overtaken by another, weighing 2,950 kilograms (6,500 lb), made by the Canadian Lung Association at the Brockville Memorial Centre in Brockville, Ontario, Canada, on May 11, 2002.[7] In turn, that record was surpassed on August 11, 2012, by an omelette cooked by the Ferreira do Zêzere City Council in Santarém, Portugal. This record-breaking omelette weighed 6,466 kg (14,255 lb), and required 145,000 eggs and a 10.3-metre (34 ft) diameter pan.[8]



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Omelette, plain
Nutritional value per 100 g (3.5 oz)
Energy 657 kJ (157 kcal)
Carbohydrates
0.7 g

Fat
12 g

Protein
10.6 g

Vitamins
Quantity %DV
Vitamin A equiv.
22%
172 μg
Thiamine (B1)

9%
0.1 mg
Riboflavin (B2)

33%
0.4 mg
Niacin (B3)

1%
0.1 mg
Pantothenic acid (B5)

24%
1.2 mg
Vitamin B6

8%
0.1 mg
Folate (B9)

10%
39 μg
Vitamin B12

46%
1.1 μg
Choline
43%
212 mg
Vitamin D
5%
29 IU
Vitamin E
8%
1.2 mg
Vitamin K
4%
4.5 μg

Minerals
Quantity %DV
Calcium
5%
47 mg
Iron
12%
1.5 mg
Magnesium
3%
10 mg
Phosphorus
23%
162 mg
Potassium
2%
114 mg
Selenium
38%
26.7 μg
Sodium
11%
161 mg
Zinc
9%
0.9 mg

Other constituents Quantity
Water 75.9 g
Cholesterol 356 mg




Link to USDA Database entry



  • Units

  • μg = micrograms • mg = milligrams

  • IU = International units



Percentages are roughly approximated using US recommendations for adults.
Source: USDA Nutrient Database



  • Nargesi or Spinach Omelette, an Iranian dish, is made with fried onions and spinach, and is spiced with salt, garlic, and pepper.[9][10]


  • Baghala ghatogh, an Iranian dish made with Baghalas (Rashtian fava beans), dill, eggs and spices.[11]

  • A Chinese omelette can be egg foo yung[12] or an oyster omelette.

  • A Denver omelette, also known as a Southwest omelette or Western omelette, is an omelette filled with diced ham, onions, and green bell peppers, though there are many variations on fillings. Often served in the Southwestern United States, this omelette sometimes has a topping of cheese and a side dish of hash browns or fried potatoes.[13]

  • A Hangtown fry, containing bacon and breaded oysters, is an unusual omelette that originated in Placerville, California, during the gold rush.

  • An egg white omelette is a variation which omits the yolks to remove fat and cholesterol, which reside exclusively in the yolk portion of an egg.

  • The French omelette is smoothly and briskly cooked in an extremely hot pan specially made for the purpose. The technique relies on clarified butter (to ensure a high smoke point) in relatively great ratio to the eggs (prevents sticking and cooks the eggs more quickly). Good with just salt and pepper, this omelette is often flavored with tomato and finely chopped herbs (often fines herbes[14] or tarragon, chervil, parsley and chives) or chopped onions.

  • A frittata is a kind of open-faced Italian omelette that can contain cheese, vegetables, or even leftover pasta. Frittata are cooked slowly. Except for the cooking oil, all ingredients are fully mixed with the eggs before cooking starts.

  • The Spanish tortilla de patatas, or tortilla española in other Spanish-speaking countries, is a traditional and very popular thick omelette containing sliced potatoes sautéed in cooking oil. It often includes sliced onions (tortilla de patata con cebolla) and less commonly other additional fillings, such as cheese, bell peppers, and cooked diced ham.

  • In Japan, tamagoyaki is a traditional omelette in which eggs are beaten with mirin, soy sauce, bonito flakes, sugar and water, and cooked in a special rectangular frying pan. The omelette is cooked by frying a thin layer of egg mixture and then rolling it up quickly with a pair of chopsticks to form a sausage shape in one end of the pan. Another thin layer of egg is then added to the bottom of the pan and is again rolled, with the original rolled, cooked egg at the centre, over to the other end of the pan. This is repeated until all the egg has been used up, resulting in a dense cylindrical omelette containing many thin layers. This is then squeezed into a rectangular or circular cross-section using a sushi mat, and sliced into segments for serving. Omelette (pronounced omuretsu) can mean a Western omelette. Omurice (from the English words "omelette" and "rice") is an omelette filled with rice and usually served with a large amount of tomato ketchup. Omu-soba is an omelette with yakisoba as its filling.

  • In Thai cuisine, a traditional omelette is called khai chiao ไข่เจียว (khai meaning "egg", and chiao meaning oil-fried), in which the beaten egg mixture and a small quantity of fish sauce is deep fried in a wok filled with 1-2 cups of vegetable oil and served over steamed rice. The dish is usually served with Sriracha sauce and cilantro. A variation on this dish is khai chiao songkhrueang, where the plain egg omelette is served together with a stir-fry of meat and vegetables. Yet another type of Thai omelette is khai yat sai, literally "eggs filled with stuffing".[15]

  • In Parsi cuisine, an omelette is called Pora which consists of eggs, onion, tomato, green chillies, coriander leaves.[16][17] Usually had for breakfast with Indian/Irani tea and bread.



See also











  • List of egg dishes

  • List of brunch foods



References





  1. ^ Alan Davidson, Oxford Companion to Food (Oxford University Press) 1999 (pp. 550, 553)


  2. ^ "Omelette"


  3. ^ "En pareille alliance, l'un appeloit une sienne, mon homelaicte. Elle le nommoit mon oeuf, et estoient alliés comme une homelaicte d'oeufs".


  4. ^ Three noted by Maguelonne Toussaint-Samat, (Anthea Bell, tr.) A History of Food, revised ed, 2009, p. 326; de Serres note "Le glossaire accadien"


  5. ^ "History of the Giant Omelette". Abbeville Giant Omelette Celebration. Retrieved 2007-06-15..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  6. ^ Guinness Book of World Records 2001. ISBN 0-85112-102-0.


  7. ^ "Largest Omelette". Guinness World Records. Retrieved 2007-06-15.


  8. ^ "Largest Omelette". Guinness World Records. Retrieved 2014-07-16.


  9. ^ "آشنایی با روش تهیه نرگسی؛ غذای رژیمی". Hamshahri newspaper. Retrieved 19 September 2013.


  10. ^ "SPINACH OMELETTE". Retrieved 19 September 2013.


  11. ^ "Baghali Ghatogh (Lima Beans with Eggs and Dill)". Saveur magazine. Feb 20, 2012. Retrieved 19 September 2013.


  12. ^ Egg Foo Yung


  13. ^ Denver Omelette Scrambler


  14. ^ Julia Child, Bertholle, L., Beck, S., Mastering the Art of French Cooking (Vol. I), page 135, Knopf, 1961


  15. ^ Kai Yat Sai Talay


  16. ^ "Parsi Pora, Omelette Parsi Food Style". www.nilouferskitchen.com. Retrieved 2018-04-28.


  17. ^ King, Niloufer Ichaporia (2007-06-18). My Bombay Kitchen: Traditional and Modern Parsi Home Cooking. University of California Press. ISBN 9780520933378.












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