Recipes · French · Breakfast
Omelette de la Mère Poulard (Mont-Saint-Michel Soufflé Omelette)
One serving has 374 kcal and 19 g protein, and at least a fifth of a woman's daily need of choline (105%), selenium (85%), riboflavin (65%), vitamin A (58%), cobalamin (57%) and pantothenic acid (48%). Ready in 13 minutes.
- Preparation: 8 min
- Cooking: 5 min
- Makes: 1 serving (181 g)
- Difficulty: Medium
- Diets: Vegetarian, Gluten-free, Low carb
- Contains: dairy, egg
Ingredients
- 150 g Eggs
- 15 g Crème fraîche or double cream
- 0.4 g Salt
- 0.2 g Black pepper
- 15 g Butter, unsalted
Method
- Separate the eggs. Whisk the whites in a large bowl with a balloon whisk for 3-4 minutes, until they are foamy and just hold soft peaks. At the inn on Mont-Saint-Michel the cooks still beat them in copper bowls, to a rhythm you can hear from the street.
- Beat the yolks with the cream, salt and pepper, then fold them gently into the whites, keeping in as much air as you can.
- Melt the butter in a 24 cm frying pan over medium heat until it foams, without letting it brown.
- Pour in the eggs. For the first minute draw the set edges gently towards the middle with a spatula, then leave it for 2 minutes, until the base is golden and the top is still soft and mousse-like. Cover it with a lid for the last minute if you like it more set.
- Fold it in half, slide it onto a warm plate and eat it at once, as it sinks as it cools. Annette Poulard cooked it over a wood fire for the pilgrims and travellers at her inn from the 1880s.
Nutrition per serving
| Nutrient | Per serving | Share of a day's need |
|---|---|---|
| Energy | 374 kcal | 18% |
| Carbohydrates | 1.6 g | |
| Water | 125 mL | |
| Fiber | 0.05 g | 0% |
| Protein | 19.4 g | 40% |
| Tryptophan | 0.26 g | |
| Threonine | 0.86 g | |
| Isoleucine | 1 g | |
| Leucine | 1.7 g | |
| Lysine | 1.4 g | |
| Methionine | 0.58 g | |
| Cystine | 0.41 g | |
| Phenylalanine | 1.1 g | |
| Tyrosine | 0.78 g | |
| Valine | 1.3 g | |
| Histidine | 0.48 g | |
| Fat | 31.9 g | |
| Monounsaturated | 10.4 g | |
| Polyunsaturated | 3.6 g | |
| Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA) | 0.09 g | |
| Eicosapentaenoic Acid (EPA) | 0 g | |
| Omega-6 | 2.8 g | |
| Saturated | 15.7 g | |
| Trans-Fats | 0.24 g | |
| Cholesterol | 607 mg | |
| Calcium | 98.5 mg | 10% |
| Copper | 0.11 mg | 12% |
| Iron | 2.7 mg | 15% |
| Magnesium | 19.7 mg | 6% |
| Manganese | 0.07 mg | 4% |
| Phosphorus | 310 mg | 44% |
| Potassium | 228 mg | 5% |
| Selenium | 46.7 µg | 85% |
| Sodium | 374 mg | |
| Zinc | 2 mg | 25% |
| Thiamin (vitamin B1) | 0.06 mg | 5% |
| Riboflavin (vitamin B2) | 0.72 mg | 65% |
| Niacin (vitamin B3) | 0.13 mg | 1% |
| Pantothenic acid (vitamin B5) | 2.4 mg | 48% |
| Pyridoxine (vitamin B6) | 0.26 mg | 20% |
| Folate (vitamin B9) | 71.6 µg | 18% |
| Cobalamin (vitamin B12) | 1.4 µg | 57% |
| Choline | 446 mg | 105% |
| Vitamin A | 404 µg | 58% |
| Vitamin C | 0.09 mg | 0% |
| Vitamin D (D2 + D3) | 132 IU | 22% |
| Vitamin E | 2.1 mg | 14% |
| Vitamin K | 2.3 µg | 3% |
Shares of a day's need are for a woman of 30, 165 cm, 60 kg, lightly active, by the US and Canadian Dietary Reference Intakes. SustainBite works out each person's own needs, by the standard where they live: the Nordic Nutrition Recommendations in Norway, the UK's, EFSA's in the EU.
Climate footprint
0.5 kg CO2e a serving: higher than most breakfasts, sides, desserts and drinks on SustainBite. Source: ADEME, Agribalyse 3.2.
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