hold the pan before the
fire for a minute or two, or use a salamander until the desired colour
is obtained, but never turn an omelet in the pan. Slip it carefully on
to a _very hot_ dish, or, what is a much safer method, put a dish on the
omelet, and turn the pan quickly over. It should be served the instant
it comes from the fire.

_Time_.--4 to 6 minutes. _Average cost_, 1s.

_Sufficient_ for 4 persons. _Seasonable_ at any time.

TO MAKE A PLAIN SWEET OMELET.

1459. INGREDIENTS.--6 eggs, 4 oz. of butter, 2 oz. of sifted sugar.

_Mode_.--Break the eggs into a basin, omitting the whites of 3; whisk
them well, adding the sugar and 2 oz. of the butter, which should be
broken into small pieces, and stir all these ingredients well together.
Make the remainder of the butter quite hot in a small frying-pan, and
when it commences to bubble, pour in the eggs, &c. Keep stirring them
until they begin to set; then turn the edges of the omelet over, to make
it an oval shape, and finish cooking it. To brown the top, hold the pan
before the fire, or use a salamander, and turn it carefully on to a
_very hot_ dish: sprinkle sifted sugar over, and serve.

_Time_.--From 4 to 6 minutes. _Average cost_, 10d.

_Sufficient_ for 4 persons. _Seasonable_ at any time.

OMELETTE AUX CONFITURES, or JAM OMELET.

1460. INGREDIENTS.--6 eggs, 4 oz. of butter, 3 tablespoonfuls of
apricot, strawberry, or any jam that may be preferred.

_Mode_.--Make the omelet by recipe No. 1459, only instead of doubling it
over, leave it flat in the pan. When quite firm, and nicely brown on one
side, turn it carefully on to a hot dish, spread over the middle of it
the jam, and fold the omelet over on each side; sprinkle sifted sugar
over, and serve very quickly. A pretty dish of small omelets may be made
by dividing the batter into 3 or 4 portions, and frying them separately;
they should then be spread each one with a different kind of preserve,
and the omelets rolled over. Always sprinkle sweet omelets with sifted
sugar before being sent to table.

_Time_.--4 to 6 minutes. _Average cost_, 1s. 2d.

_Sufficient_ for 4 persons. _Seasonable_ at any time.

OMELETTE SOUFFLE.

1461. INGREDIENTS.--6 eggs, 5 oz. of pounded sugar, flavouring of
vanilla, orange-flower water, or lemon-rind, 3 oz. of butter, 1
dessert-spoonful of rice-flour.

_Mode_.--Separate the yolks from the whites of the eggs, add to the
former the sugar, the rice-flour, and either of