Omelet a La Duchesse

OMELET A LA DUCHESSE

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 15 minutes

This is a sweet baked omelet, and is

Served the same as one would serve an omelet

Soufflé

6 eggs

1/2 cupful of water

1/2 a lemon’s yellow rind, grated

1/2 cupful of thick cream

1/2 cupful of granulated sugar

1 teaspoonful of vanilla or orange flower water

1 small bit of cinnamon

Put the sugar, water, cinnamon and lemon rind over the fire, boil until it spins a thread and stand aside to cool. Separate the eggs; beat the yolks until creamy, and add the cream, then the strained syrup. Add the vanilla, and when cool fold in the well-beaten whites. Turn at once into a shallow silver or granite dish, dust thickly with powdered sugar and bake in a quick oven until brown.