At hotel breakfasts, fancy brunches or even the university dining hall, the omelette station always felt like the height of luxury to me. Omelettes hold a revered, almost mythical position in popular and culinary culture as well, whether it’s the hypnotic comfort of famed French chef and cookbook author Jacques Pépin demonstrating his recipe or watching Helen Mirren’s character discover the bliss of a masala omelette made by the aspiring chef played by Manish Dayal in The Hundred-Foot Journey.
But cooking a great omelette at home needn’t be shrouded in mystery. If you already feel confident about your scrambled eggs, you’re most of the way there. In CookWise, Shirley O Corriher explains: “Basically, omelettes are glorified scrambled eggs. They start out the same way, and then, when the eggs are partially set but still juicy, they are folded over.”
