French Omelette

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Chef Jacques Pépin teaches you how to cook the perfect french omelette.

INGREDIENTS
·4 large eggs, preferably organic
·Dash of salt and freshly ground black pepper
·2 tablespoons fines herbes mixture (1 tablespoon finely chopped parsley and 1 tablespoon combined
chervil, tarragon and chives)
·1 1/2 teaspoons unsalted butter

Beat the eggs with the salt, pepper and herbs in a bowl with a fork until well-combined; that is, when you lift up the fork, pieces of egg white should no longer separate from the yolk; the egg should be well homogenized.

Melt the butter over high heat in an 8-inch nonstick skillet. Swirl the butter in the pan and, when it is foaming, add the eggs. Holding the fork flat, stir the eggs as fast as you can while shaking the pan with your other hand. Continue without stopping to shake and stir at the same time so the eggs coagulate uniformly.

Still stirring, notice that the eggs are still moist in the center. Incline your pan forward (away from you) so most of the eggs gather toward the
far end of the pan as they set. Now stop stirring while the eggs are still moist in the center.

Using your fork, bring the thin lip of the omelet over toward the center of the omelet. Note that as the mass of eggs has moved toward the far end of the pan, the omelet has thinned out around the edges. Only the two thin lips are flipped over, first from one end, then the other, to enclose the thick, moist center. (If the mixture were left instead to sit in one even layer covering the whole bottom of the pan, it would be too spread out and would roll up like a jelly roll; thus the center would not be moist.)

Press the fold into place. This motion should create a roundish edge. Run your fork between the edge of the pan and the far lip of the omelet to loosen it. Using the palm of your hand, tap the handle of the pan gently to shake the omelet and make it twist and lift onto itself, so the far lip rises above the edge of the pan.

Fold the far lip back toward the center of the omelet, meeting the other lip. Press with the flat of the fork to make sure the omelet comes to a point at each end. While holding the serving plate in your left hand, first bang the far end of the pan gently so the omelet pulls together against the edge of the pan. Then invert the omelet onto the plate and serve immediately. The omelet should be very moist, creamy, and wet in the center.
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I have tried making this many times. Scrambled eggs have become my favorite.

sudhiriyer
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It's just absolutely ridiculous how easy he makes that look. What a master. He's just on another level.

ZackMorris
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The best thing with this technique is if you are making this as a breakfast for your partner, you can guarantee they’ll be awake by the time it’s ready to eat.

SicAltusIsVulnero
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The number of times I thought he was going to lose that omelet was unreal, only to see it come out better than any other french omelet video I've seen. What a boss. Mad respect.

shrm
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2:27
"Just like rolling a blu-
uh, rolling a, uh, a carpet..."

conqw
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adding the timer and showing it cook in real time is very helpful

TimBierbaum
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I wonder how many times I've watched him do this.

PeteJohnWilson
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I just made my first one of these, and it was nearly perfect, thanks to this video. I've cooked enough things for the first time to know what beginner's luck is, so i'm looking forward to attempt #47 when it comes out right again.

themidsouthcyclist
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Teflon doesn’t scratch if you have a French accent.

Jhnny
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Nobody does it better! Makes it look easy, it isn’t easy! The Master Chef Jacques Pepin 🙏

jimburns
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I love the way Jacques cooks. No gadgets just to impress, no measuring and it is okay to wash your hands and touch the food. Mostly just hands, fork, knife, common sense and season to taste. I watched another video on how to make a proper french omelette and thought I needed a food processor and had to fold it like origami to get the proper texture. I watched Jacques do it with a bowl, a fork, two simple folds and a pair of eyes!

jamesburrell
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Youtube can delete every other classic French omelette video in existence. This is perfection.

TSimo
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The Boss of kitchen...no yelling just cooking with affection n love...

MrDhillon
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That technique of folding the end, by tapping on the pan. Brilliant! A true master chef

jftube
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King of restaurants and kitchens everywhere. 😊 can watch all day. He makes gourmet food accessible to everyone.

LisaMitchell-fe
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Honestly, this man is not a chef. He is a master magician, chef of chefs.

rafaelnunes
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Since I have seen Mr Pepin's video I have made myself more than a thousand omelettes. One every day for lunch with chives, thyme, onion, cheeze or salsa, part of a ketogenic diet consisting of two meals a day. I have lost 85 pounds and this recipe has kept me going because I'm never getting tired of it.

dingotopruc
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It seems like a lot of people don’t understand what they are seeing. This is an expert cooking technique that produces a unique result that is superior to any other omelet, in appearance, texture, and flavour. Yes, it tastes better when cooked this way. And it is not raw. When egg is kept moving it cooks without setting. It is fully cooked, just not hard like a fried egg that sits still and sets.

nepeanrob
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That timer is probably the most helpful part of these videos. Also, Jacque inspired me to cook!

sergiojuan
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I've seen others replicate this recipe, but they were nothing like Pepin's way of making it in under a minute. Truly a masterclass right there.

Zyugo