Omelet - Omelet (English spelling)

Japanese: オムレツ - おむれつ(英語表記)omelet
Omelet - Omelet (English spelling)

One of the most well-known egg dishes. Fresh eggs are beaten, seasoned with salt and pepper, and quickly cooked over high heat in a familiar frying pan with melted butter. There are many varieties, but the most common and basic is the plain omelet.

Crack 2-3 eggs into a bowl, beat well without foaming, and season with milk (1 tablespoon), salt, and pepper. Melt 1 tablespoon of butter in a frying pan, pour in the eggs all at once, and stir quickly over high heat until half-cooked. Using the thin skin that was in contact with the frying pan as a guide, roll the eggs from front to back until browned on the surface, then lightly tap the handle of the frying pan to turn them over, forming a sea cucumber shape. Place on a plate and serve while still hot. Usually, they are cooked one at a time, but if you are cooking enough for around 5 people, you can cook them all together in one large dish. Serve one portion on a meat plate, and serve larger ones on an oval plate and cut into portions at the table.

To cook an omelet well, the eggs should be fresh, you should not stir too much (over-stirring will weaken the egg whites and make them less fluffy), and you should choose a frying pan that is suitable for the amount of eggs. A frying pan should be made of iron with a diameter of about 22 cm, and it is best not to use new or stainless steel ones. Butter is the best oil. Plain omelets for breakfast are so named because they are cooked with just eggs without any filling, and no sauce is used for breakfast. For lunch or family dinners, ham, chicken, cheese, shrimp, crab, scallops, and vegetables such as mushrooms, spinach, tomatoes, asparagus, parsley, and potatoes are wrapped in the cooked eggs or mixed into the eggs and cooked. For dessert, there are also omelette cakes filled with jam or candied fruit and topped with brandy or rum. Also, puffed omelets, which are made by mixing whipped egg whites with egg yolks and baking them, are good food for sick people.

Omurice is a type of omelette, but it is made by filling rice seasoned with tomato ketchup and rolling it up in a thin egg. It is a completely Japanese-style omelette that is eaten with tomato ketchup. The Spanish dish tortilla is also a round omelette made with a wide variety of ingredients, such as vegetables such as potatoes, onions, tomatoes, and garlic, and seafood.

[Fumiko Kobayashi]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

代表的な卵料理の一つ。新鮮な鶏卵を溶きほぐし、塩、こしょうで調味して、よく使い慣れたフライパンにバターを溶かし、強火で手早く焼いたものである。種類は非常に多いが、もっとも一般的で基本的なのはプレーンオムレツplain omeletである。

 卵2~3個を器に割り入れ、泡立てないようによくほぐして、牛乳(大さじ1杯)、塩、こしょうで調味する。フライパンにバター大さじ1杯を溶かし、卵を一度に流し込み、強火で手早くかき混ぜて全体を半熟状にする。フライパンに触れた面の薄い皮を頼りに、手前から向こう側へ巻いて表面に焼き色をつけ、軽くフライパンの柄(え)をたたいて返しながら、なまこ形に仕上げる。皿に盛って熱いところを勧める。普通、1人分ずつ焼き上げるが、5人分くらいならまとめて大形に焼くこともできる。1人分なら肉皿に盛り、大形のものは小判形皿に盛って食卓で切り分けて供する。

 オムレツを上手に焼くには、卵が新鮮であること、かき混ぜすぎないこと(かき混ぜすぎると卵白のこしを弱めてふっくら焼けない)、卵の量にあったフライパンを選ぶこと。フライパンは直径22センチメートルくらいの鉄製のものがよく、新しいもの、ステンレス製のものは使わないほうがよい。油はバターがいちばんよい。朝食用のプレーンオムレツは、中身を入れないで卵だけで焼くのでこの名前がついており、朝食用にはソースもかけない。昼食用とか家庭の夕食用には、ハム、チキン、チーズ、エビ、カニ、貝柱、野菜ではマッシュルーム、ホウレンソウ、トマト、アスパラガス、パセリ、ジャガイモなどを、焼いた卵で包むか、卵に混ぜて焼く。デザート用に、ジャム、果物の甘煮などを入れ、ブランデーやラム酒などをかけるオムレツケーキもある。また、パッフドオムレツpuffed omeletといって、卵黄に泡立てた卵白を混ぜて焼くオムレツは、病人食などによい。

 オムライスはオムレツの一種であるが、中身にトマトケチャップの味つけご飯を入れ、薄焼き卵で大きく巻いてつくる。トマトケチャップをかけて食べる、まったく日本風のオムレツである。スペイン料理のトルティーヤも、ジャガイモ、タマネギ、トマト、ニンニクなどの野菜や、魚貝など多種多様な具を使って、丸い形に焼いたオムレツである。

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