Friday, March 10, 2023

Omelette Troubleshooting: Is my omelette too watery (Classic French)

Hi all, I’m working on my French omelette technique (classic, not country style). One issue I’ve been having is I can’t tell if I’m undercooking the curds or not. Here’s a picture https://imgur.com/a/HxzrBgY

Basically, it looks a little runny, but I know that omelettes are a little less cooked though than more American style omelettes.

Here’s my process:

- beat the heck out of the eggs (salted) with a fork or chopsticks till there are no strands

- 3 jumbo or 4 large eggs

-10 inch skillet on medium high heat.

- lots of butter in the pan. It’s sizzling and just shy of the browning heat.

- pour eggs in and use the three chopstick method to keep vigorously mixing (while moving the pan)

- when i start getting holes that don’t close quickly I start folding till I get to a half moon

- scrape edges down and do the bang thing (mixed results, has been feeling too wet to pop up)

- fold the edge

- invert onto plate

Looks decent, but leaks a little when you cut it.

Here are my questions:

- does my egg look too runny? I’ve struggled because I hit the point when the curds seem to solid to really keep cooking without the bottom not being cohesive. I try to tilt and move the curds down, but they don't want to move

- Am I using too many eggs? I think 4 (or 3 jumbo) might have been too much for the 10 inch pan and that might be causing the issue.

- Would using a fork floating above the surface (like Kenji explains) help produce a more consistent bottom? I feel like it wouldn't allow me to avoid burning or to agitate enough, but maybe it would give me more time to agitate?

- are there other issues here?

Here’s some reference material I’ve watched:

- Jacques pepin https://youtu.be/s10etP1p2bU

- Kenji: https://youtu.be/0eUedeTH_aI

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