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Broad Bean Omelette

August 4, 2010 By All That I'm Eating 4 Comments

To tell you nowt but the truth, my broad beans have been nothing short of prolific. I cannot urge you enough to throw a few broad beans in the ground and watch them develop. They are so nutty and so so green. There’s nothing like picking a few pods and whiling away a few moments popping the little guys out of their silk lined beds. I really enjoy squeezing them out of their old grey skins once cooked. Unless I’m in a rush.

Fresh broad beans

Despite all the care and affection I have given my beans I did manage to whip up some delectable meals and snacks. The first one (apart from eating a few raw off the stalk) was an omelette that I threw some of my emerald delights into. To start, I satisfyingly took the beans out of their homes.

Ingredients

Enough for two large omelettes.

Put in the omelette what you will. I had nothing shy of lots of butter, about 50g cheese, 6 eggs, fresh mint, two good handfuls of podded broad beans and some seasoning.

ingredients for broad bean omelette

Method

I boiled the beans and then coaxed them out of their tough armour. Chop them up a bit, it makes them go a bit further and makes you seem you are even more of a green fingered wizard.
Podded and shelled broad beans
Put all of the ingredients in a bowl except the beans and butter. Melt the butter in a frying pan and add the egg/cheese mix. Once a little cooked, add the beans and leave it to its own devices. Once crisp and brown at the bottom, put the pan under a hot grill to crisp up the top.

omelette mix

Here’s a tip – if you don’t have a frying pan with a new-fangled metal handle, wrap some foil around your plastic one and then it’s a doddle under the grill.
Broad Bean Omelette
I then put some tomatoes in the same frying pan to give it a bit of zing on the side. A very good lunch.

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Filed Under: August, Broad Bean, Cheese, Dairy & Eggs, Eggs, Herbs, Lunch, Mint, Quick Recipes, Recipes By Month, Seasons, Summer, Vegetables, Vegetarian Tagged With: beans, lunch, recipe

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Comments

  1. AvatarDom at Belleau Kitchen says

    August 5, 2010 at 10:57

    love those broadbeans and I only started cooking with them for the first time this year as my lovely neighbour delivered a large bag of home grown… never thought of an omelette so very excited!

    Reply
  2. AvatarPhil Lowe says

    August 6, 2010 at 15:27

    lovely blog and I really like the straight forward/amusing way you write. Phil

    Reply
  3. AvatarAll That I'm Eating says

    September 27, 2010 at 18:54

    Dom, try growing your own next year it’s so worth.
    Phil, thank you very much!

    Reply

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    […] year when I had more broad beans than I knew what to do with, I cracked a few eggs and got myself a lovely omelette. For left over mashed potato, make some bubble and squeak – you could mix anything in. With […]

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