CHEESE AND HAM OMELETTE
CHEESE AND HAM OMELETTE
CHEESE AND HAM OMELETTE

Ingredients
  • 3 free-range eggs
  • 10g/½oz unsalted butter
  • 30g/1oz cheddar
  • preferably Montgomery cheddar
  • 1 thick slice ham
  • finely chopped
  • salt and freshly ground black pepper
Directions
  • Gently beat the eggs together in a mixing bowl and season
  • to taste
  • with salt and pepper.
  • Heat the butter in a frying pan until foaming. Pour in the eggs and cook for a few seconds
  • until the bottom of the omelette is lightly set. Push the set parts of the omelette into the uncooked centre of the omelette. Cook again
  • until the omelette has set further
  • then push those set parts into the centre of the omelette again. Repeat the process until the eggs have just set but the omelette is still soft in the centre.
  • Put the cheese and three-quarters of the ham in the centre of the omelette and cook until the cheese has melted.
  • Increase the heat to high and cook the omelette for a further 30 seconds
  • or until it browns on the bottom.
  • Fold the omelette in half
  • then remove the pan from the heat and tilt it slightly to move the omelette to the edge of the pan. Slide the omelette onto a serving plate
  • then shape it into a neat roll. Sprinkle over the remaining ham.