Cassell's New Dictionary of Cookery

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Omelet, Onion

Cut a large Spanish onion into dice, and fry these in a little hot butter until they are tender without being browned. Drain them from the fat, and mix with them half a dozen eggs lightly beaten. Add a pinch of salt, two pinches of pepper, and a small portion of grated nutmeg, and fry the omelet according to the directions already given. White sauce may be served with this dish. Time, five or six minutes to fry the omelet. Probable cost, 9d. Sufficient for three persons.

OMELET-PAN. (See illustration accompanying the article, BACON OR HAM OMELET.)

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