What you need
- Eggs
- Flour
- Milk
- Butter
- Sugar
Beat together until you have a pancake like batter consistency... wait... this is pancake batter.
OK, it's pancake batter without a leavening agent like baking powder. And a greater butter ratio cause this is more like a Yorkshire pudding. And the ratio should be more egg than in pancake batter. So, I'm going to add some proportions. Per person - 1 egg, 1/4 cup flour, 1/4 cup milk, tablespoon butter, tablespoon sugar... blech... I hate measuring things
Beat together ingredients
Pour into a cast iron skillet that you have lubed with more butter
Put into a an oven that's heated to around 350.
Remove when done (it will be brown and puffy).
Top with honey, lemon, more sugar, berries, peaches, jam, chocolate chips, maple syrup... this is just a platform to carry something on it.
Here's one I made for myself. I dressed it with a bit of salted-butterscotch-caramel-sauce so it's more of a dessert than a breakfast.
What you need
- eggs - for myself, I'll use 3. If that's too eggy for you, don't use so many
- buttermilk
- salt and pepper
- additional things
Separate the whiles from the yolks
Whisk the whites until they're nice and aerated - this gives the omelette some volume
Add yolks, salt and pepper and your additional things.
Additional things
How about cheese
Cheese with some leftover roasted garlic
Some chopped bacon
Fresh tiny cherry tomatoes
Chopped fresh rosemary
Hot peppers
Sweet red peppers
Onions
Mushrooms
... you get the idea. An omlette can contain anything. Put it all in and some chopped cooked potatoes, slam it in the oven and call it a frittata.
Add a bit of buttermilk (you know, doesn't have to be buttermilk - it could just be 2% - but buttermilk tastes better)
Whisk together
Pour into a hot cast iron skillet that's been lubed with either olive oil or butter
Now you can either finish cooking on the stove-top - turn the heat down and give it time to cook in the middle without burning the bottom.
Or, sprinkle some cheese on top and slide it under the broiler to finish.
Slice out in wedges or be dramatic and do the flippy flippy onto itself.
