To make an Amulet is a traditional Stuart recipe for a classic dish of a fried omelette, made with eggs and cream, where the name is a corruption of the French omelette. The full recipe is presented here and I hope you enjoy this classic Stuart version of: To make an Amulet.
Take twelve Eggs, beat them and ſtrain them, put to them three or four ſpoonfuls of Cream, then put in a little Salt, and having your frying-pan ready with some Butter very hot, pour it in, and when you have fryed it a little, turn over both the ſides into the middle, then turn it on the other ſide, and when it is fryed, ſerve it to the table with Verjuice, Butter and Sugar.
Modern Redaction
The name here is an obvious corruption of the French omelette, and indeed, this is a recipe for a basic omelette, familiar to us even today.
Ingredients:
4 eggs
2 tbsp cream
salt, to taste
3 tbsp butter
Method:
Beat the eggs in a bowl and season with salt then beat in the cream.
Melt the butter in a frying pan and when sizzling pour in the omelette mix. Fry until the base of the omelette has set then fold both sides in towards the centre.
Use a large slice and carefully flip the omelette over then fry until golden brown on the base.
