Baked smoked mackerel omelette with melted Cheddar

Serves: 2
Course: Side Dish
Cooking Time: 0 hr 30 mins
Ingredients
  • 6 free range eggs
  • A splash of milk
  • Salt and pepper
  • A good knob of butter
  • 2 fillets of smoked mackerel, flaked
  • 80g Cheddar cheese, grated
  • 3 spring onions, trimmed and shredded

1 Set the oven to 200 degrees Celsius.

2 Whisk the eggs with the milk, salt and pepper.

3 Melt the butter over a medium heat in a non-stick pan until it starts to foam then add the eggs.

4 Turn the eggs around the pan for a minute or so, scraping the bottom all the while. A spatula is best for this.

5 Scatter the mackerel over the top of the eggs, followed by the cheese, then put the pan in the oven for 12 minutes until the omelette is golden and puffy.

6 Remove from the oven, allow to cool a little then gently prize it out of the pan using the same rubber spatula. Scatter the spring onions over the top.

7 If you have difficulty getting the omelette out, simply serve it in the pan.

Paul Flynn

Paul Flynn

Paul Flynn is a chef, restaurateur and contributor to The Irish Times. He and his wife, Máire, run the Tannery restaurant and cookery school in Dungarvan, Co Waterford