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Omelette aux fines herbes

6 servings

Ingredients

• 8 pcs fresh eggs
• 1 tbsp potato starch or finest flour
• 0.25 l warm milk, mixed with water
• salt (a little)
• mushrooms, finely chopped (a little)
• truffles, finely chopped (a little)
• parsley (a little)
• tarragon (a little)
• shallots (a little)
• butter, for sautéing (a little)

Instructions

1. Prepare a pancake batter without sugar and cook like pancakes, but only on one side.
2. Spread the uncooked top side with finely chopped mushrooms, truffles, parsley, tarragon, and shallots, previously sautéed in butter.
3. Roll up the omelette and place it in a hot oven for 10-15 minutes.
4. Before serving, decorate with brown stripes by holding a glowing poker close above it.
5. Serve with raw ham or cold roast beef.

Modernized from a treasured 19th-century German cookbook.