Have you tried the post St. Valentine’s Day supper? If you did and it was a success, now you may have a guest to for breakfast.
An omelette is an easy option especially in your electric wok. Decide on your filling or fillings, I like more than one. There are a myriad of ingredients from cheeses to vegetables to meat to seafood. We’ll keep this one simple but very tasty.
Sundried tomatoes and feta cheese;
Having a jar of sundried tomatoes in olive oil is a must in your stock cupboard, have a largish jar. There are so many dishes you can use them in.
Another good addition to your stock cupboard is red peppers in olive oil. Again they can be used in just about any dish you make.
Back to the omelette; Heat up your wok to a mediumish high temperature add a tablespoon or two of olive oil and ground in black pepper to your taste preference.
Spoon out two tablespoons of tomatoes onto a folded piece of kitchen role, to soak of the excess olive. Crumble up the feta cheese, the amount depending how cheesy you like it.
Beat, or much better a in blender, two eggs and two to three tablespoons of egg white (another good addition to you stock cupboard, it lasts quite awhile in the fridge) some sea salt to taste. I use that little dip in the palm of my cupped hand as a general measure. Add a little milk to bulk up the mixture.
When you blend the egg mixture, you get a lot more from the eggs. Making a much bigger omelette or more scrambled egg.
Add the tomatoes to the wok to heat through for a few minutes.
You may have to move the tomato pieces around when you’ve pored in the egg mixture.
Here is the trick wok cooking omelettes. Making sure the oil is nice and hot, swirl the oil around so it coats the wok sides. Pour in the egg mixture swirling this up the sides as well. If the wok is hot enough it should stay on the sides. Using your wooden spatula break up the bottom of the omelette to let it cook through.
Drop in the feta cheese and let start to melt.
Here’s the trickiest part, carefully fold over the sides to cover the cheese and tomato. Of course try to do all this without burning the omelette.
While you were doing this and quietly swearing under your breath, cursing the guy whoever told you could make an omelette in a wok. Your guest could have been making the toast and the coffee and setting the table. After all they have to earn their breakfast. If they haven’t already!
You could serve this with a side of grilled bacon and mushrooms or tomatoes. This omelette should be big enough for two if you gave the egg mixture a good beating.
Of course you could do all this in your Calphalon frying pan/skillet. www.calphalon.com.
To be honest these days now I have a proper kitchen. I do use regular pans on a stovetop to cook foods I had had to cook in the electric wok.
When you are buying pans get the best you can. It pays in the end.
During the UK’s skirmish with the Argentina, I was sent to Ascension Island to do my bit for Queen and Maggie Thatcher.
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| Green Mountain |
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| Rock scape from the Extinct Volcanos |
The British navy used it has a guard island when they had shut Napoleon away on the island of St. Helena.
There was no vegetation to speak of. The marines that were stationed there had the bright idea of making there own rainforest. They started to carry bags of soil to the top of what is now known as Green Mountain. They chose this extinct volcano because most of the time it was in cloud, subsequently natural watering. So much soil was carried there bamboo plants were planted to attract even more moisture.
Now the marines were able to grow there own produce.
The marines have gone now but there is a flourishing produce among the islanders living there.
I would stand in amazement watching a Philippino chef, cook any style of egg on a hot plate (No not poached). For an omelette he would pour the egg mixture onto the plate and fashion to a round shape, add whatever ingredients your wanted and in minutes you’d have your perfect omelette. He’d cook scrambled egg the same but obviously fashion it into scrambled egg.
Enjoy your breakfast and the rest of the day.
