French Dish
-INGREDIENTS for sufficient for 4 or 5 persons.-6 eggs, 1 saltspoonful of salt, saltspoonful of pepper, 2 sheep's-kidneys, or 2 tablespoonfuls of minced veal kidney, 3 oz. of butter. AVERAGE COST, 1s. 3d.
Skin the kidneys, cut them into small dice and toss them in a frying-pan, in 1 oz. of butter, over the fire for 2 or 3 minutes.
Mix the ingredients for the omelette and, when the eggs are well whisked, stir in the pieces of kidney. Make the butter hot in the frying-pan and when it bubbles, pour in the omelette and fry it over a gentle fire from 4 to 6 minutes. When the eggs are set, fold the edges over, so that the omelette assumes an oval form and be careful that it is not too much done; to brown the top, hold the pan before the fire for a minute or two, or use a salamander until the desired colour is obtained, but never turn an omelette in the pan. Slip it carefully on to a very hot dish, or, what is a much safer method, put a dish on the omelette and turn the pan quickly over.
It should be served the instant it comes from the fire.
TIME.-4 to 6 minutes.
SEASONABLE at any time.