flambéed sweet apple omelette = a delicious yellow glowing matter
August 15, 2012 in Dessert, Eggs, Fruit, Vegetarian
Flambéed Sweet Apple Omelette – Every now and then you experiment with something new, sometimes the outcome is just ok and other times it just blows you away. This is what happened to me when I tasted my own rendition of a sweet omelette – whoop whoop – it blew me away and it is so easy to make! But first let me tell you the story how I ended up with fruit and an omelette of all things…
I draw my inspirations from many different people … one person who really inspires me is Lidewij Edelkoort. What a fascinating woman – she is well-renowned as an international trend forecaster in any form of design. The other day I read on her website that yellow is a currently one of the primary fashion colours of the season – and as she says… “ the power of yellow with its strength and radiance, is able to change all volume and all surfaces, giving glow to all matter”. She shared some intriguing, and quite amazing references when it comes to eggs… she took us to France with “eggs + soldiers”…and then to Spain for an omelette. It just got me thinking. Before I knew it, I was traversing the world, the internet and my hoards of cookery books for something, yellow, eggy and interesting…. I eventually found something quite enticing and a recipe that woke up my taste buds….it was an egg + pear omelette … a dessert of all things.
I decided to use apples instead of pears and then used our local brandy to flambé the dessert. It did not stop there though… being my cheeky self, I added some cream, a pinch of nutmeg, a dose of cinnamon, a star anise and a heap of expectation….taste for yourself … it is delicious!
Flambéed Sweet Apple Omelette
Serves: 4
Preparation Time: 10 min
Cooking Time: 25 min
Ingredients
2T Butter
4 Granny Smith apples – cored, peeled and cut into 1 cm slices
1 Star Anise
2 Cinnamon sticks
2T Sugar
4 Large eggs
2T Cream
1 Big pinch nutmeg
1 Pinch salt
3T Brandy
Method
1. On medium heat in a big non-stick pan – melt the butter and add the star anise, cinnamon, apples and 1T of sugar.
2. Cook with the lid on for 10 min and then cook without the lid for a further 10 min.
3. Stir from time to time but be careful not to break the apples.
4. In the mean while beat the eggs, cream, nutmeg and salt together.
5. Then pour the eggs over the apples.
6. Cook till the eggs are set. Lift it on the sides to make sure it stays loose and your egg mixture does not stick to the pan.
7. Invert the omelette onto a large serving dish, sprinkle a tablespoon of sugar over the omelette and pour the 3 tablespoons of brandy over the dish. Ignite the brandy and then shake the platter till the alcohol burns of and extinguishes itself. Serve immediately.
Tuck in and enjoy!
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ninatimm said on August 15, 2012
OMW Mary, that is a thing of beauty……Wow,will you make it for me one day!!!
lifeisazoobiscuit said on August 15, 2012
Yes she blew me away!! So so yum! It will be an honour and pleasure to make it for you … so easy!
pinkpolkadot said on August 15, 2012
Lovely!!
lifeisazoobiscuit said on August 17, 2012
Thank you!
Gail Peddie said on August 17, 2012
Sounds really YUM. will try it out soon!!!
lifeisazoobiscuit said on August 17, 2012
Thank you Gail. It is really YUM!
Karin F said on August 17, 2012
You make everything look so simple to prepare. Going to try it out this weekend
lifeisazoobiscuit said on August 17, 2012
Let me know how it went Karin
frankie said on August 17, 2012
looking @ ingredients i can allready taste it…. …….mmm…aahhhh….
ohhhhh !!!
making it this week end
lifeisazoobiscuit said on August 17, 2012
Thanks Frankie! Let me know if you like it .
Joani Mitchell said on August 17, 2012
OMW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I just tried this and its mind altering. Love it.
lifeisazoobiscuit said on August 17, 2012
thanks for the great feedback x
Healthy Vegetarian Foods By Usha Singh said on August 17, 2012
Anel this looks amazzzzzzzzzzzzzzing
lifeisazoobiscuit said on August 17, 2012
thanks usha! it is really delish , hope to see you soon
connie kennedy said on August 17, 2012
This sounds and looks like an amazing dish for the “sweet tooth” and easy easy to make
lifeisazoobiscuit said on August 17, 2012
thanks for the comment Connie!
Ian kennedy said on August 17, 2012
looks amazing and no doubt a winner
lifeisazoobiscuit said on August 17, 2012
it is Ian, try it!