Omelette Souflee

 

Ingredients

• 
  Yolks of 6 eggs
• 1 dessertspoonful of potato flour
• 1 dessertspoonful of orange flower water
• Very little salt
• 6 egg whites
• 2 ounces of butter
• Little amount of sugar

Directions

1. Put the yolk of 6 eggs in a large basin, alongside a dessertspoonful of potato flower, 1 dessertspoonful of orange flower water, and a very little salt.
2. Stir these together with a wooden spoon for about ten minutes.
3. Whip 6 egg white and mix them in lightly with the batter.
4. Put two ounces of butter into a sauce pan and set it on fire.
5. As soon as the butter begins to sputter, pour the batter into it and set the pan over the fire.
6. As the batter becomes partially set, round the sides and at the bottom.
7. Toss it over gently and then turn the omelette out neatly in the form of a dome on a silver dish greased with butter.
8. Put it in the oven and bake it for about 12 minutes.
9. When it is ready to send to the table, shake some sugar over it and serve immediately.

Source — Creole Cookery Book
Prepared by Catherine Young
Louisiana Anthology
December 19, 2023