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Friar's Omelette

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Friar's Omelette is a traditional Scottish recipe for eggs and apples. However, apple can be substituted by other fruit such as rhubarb, plum (with stones removed), or blackberry.

Total 01:30
Yield 4

Ingredients

  • 6 medium cooking apples
  • 4 ounces (125 g / 1 stick) butter plus butter for greasing a baking dish
  • 2 ounces (50 g / 4 tablespoons) white sugar
  • 1 ounce (25 g / 1 rounded tablespoon) white sugar for decoration
  • 2 eggs, well beaten
  • 4 ounces (125 g / 1 cup) breadcrumbs
  • ¼ pint (150 ml) water
  • Squeeze of lemon juice

Instructions

  1. 1
    Peel and core the apples, slice them, and place in a saucepan with the water.
  2. 2
    Cook until soft (similar to applesauce), then remove from heat and add butter, sugar and lemon juice; mix well.
  3. 3
    While this is cooling, beat the eggs very well. When the apple mixture is cool, mix in the eggs as well.
  4. 4
    Butter a deep baking dish and spread the breadcrumbs around it so that they stick to the bottom and the sides, keeping a good amount for the top.
  5. 5
    Pour the apple and egg mixture into the dish and cover with a thick layer of breadcrumbs.
  6. 6
    Bake in a moderate oven (350°F / 180°C / Gas Mark 4) for about half an hour.
  7. 7
    Turn out onto a flat dish and sprinkle with sugar before serving.
Category
Breakfast
Method
Baking

Recipe Attribution

Wikibooks Cookbook
en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Friar's_Omelette