Omelette

An Omelette or omelet is a preparation of beaten egg cooked with butter or oil in a frying pan, often folded around a filling. Many variations exist.

Related Topics:
Egg - Butter - Oil

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• Spanish tortilla de patatas (European Spanish for "potato omelette") is a characteristic thick omelette stuffed with fried potatoes and fine cut onion, and fried using olive oil. See also tortilla.
• A Western omelette is an omelette filled with diced ham, onions, and green bell peppers. Often served in the midwestern United States and sometimes has a topping of cheese and a sidedish of hashbrowns or fried potatoes.
• A Spanish omelette is an omelette served with an often spicy sauce of tomatoes, onions, and peppers.
• Frittata is a kind of Italian omelette that can contain vegetables or even leftover pasta.
• In Japan, Omuretsu, a romanization of omelette, can mean a western omelette but also Omu-Raisu. It is a fried ketchup-flavored rice sandwiched with a thinly spread beaten egg or covered with a plain egg omelette. Omu-Soba is an omelette with yakisoba as its filling. Okonomiyaki is a Japanese pancake which is often compared to an omelette.
 
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