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Friar's Omelette
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.
Ingredients
- apples, medium; cooking apples6
- butter, 125 g / 1 stick; plus extra for greasing baking dish4 oz
- sugar, white; 50 g / 4 tablespoons2 oz
- sugar, white; for decoration; 25 g / 1 rounded tablespoon1 oz
- egg, well beaten2
- breadcrumbs, 125 g / 1 cup4 oz
- water, 150 ml1/4 pint
- lemon juice, a squeeze
Quantities are auto-calculated from the original recipe as a guide. Items without numbers (e.g. “to taste”) are not changed.
Method 7 steps
Peel and core the apples, slice them, and place in a saucepan with the water.
Cook until soft (similar to applesauce), then remove from heat and add butter, sugar and lemon juice; mix well.
While this is cooling, beat the eggs very well. When the apple mixture is cool, mix in the eggs as well.
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.
Pour the apple and egg mixture into the dish and cover with a thick layer of breadcrumbs.
Bake in a moderate oven (350°F / 180°C / Gas Mark 4) for about half an hour.
Turn out onto a flat dish and sprinkle with sugar before serving.
