Name: Provençal Omelette Cake
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 10 Eggs; 1 tbs Olive Oil; 2 finely chopped Courgettes; 3 finely chopped Spring Onions; 4 Red Pepper; 1 clove peeled crushed Garlic Clove; 1 Red Chilli; 300g Cream Cheese; 6 tblsp Milk; 4 tbs Chives; 2 tbs Basil; to serve Rocket; to serve Parmesan

Vegetarian

6 servings

359 cal/serving

Instructions

Step 1

Break the eggs into two bowls (five in each), whisk lightly and season.

Eggs

Step 2

Heat the olive oil in a pan, add the courgettes and spring onions and fry gently for about 10 minutes until softened.

Olive OilCourgettesSpring Onions

Step 3

Cool the cooked vegetables, then stir them into one bowl of eggs.

Eggs

Step 4

Add the roasted red peppers, crushed garlic and chopped red chilli to the other bowl of eggs and season.

EggsRed PepperGarlic CloveRed Chilli

Step 5

Heat a little olive oil in a 20–23 cm non-stick frying pan.

Olive Oil

Step 6

Pour about one-third of the courgette-egg mixture into the pan, swirl to cover the base and cook until set and lightly browned underneath; cover and invert to cook the other side.

Eggs

Step 7

Repeat with the remaining courgette-egg mixture to make two more omelettes, adding a little olive oil to the pan each time.

EggsOlive Oil

Step 8

Stack the courgette omelettes onto a plate.

Step 9

Make three omelettes in the same way with the red pepper egg mixture, adding a little olive oil as needed.

EggsOlive Oil

Step 10

Stack the red pepper omelettes on a separate plate.

Step 11

Beat the cream cheese to soften it, then beat in the milk until spreadable and stir in the chives and basil.

Cream CheeseMilkChivesBasil

Step 12

Line a deep 20–23 cm round cake tin with cling film.

Step 13

Place the best red pepper omelette in the tin with the prettiest side down.

Step 14

Spread a thin layer of the cheese filling over the omelette.

Step 15

Cover with a courgette omelette and repeat, alternating layers of omelette and cheese filling until all are used, finishing with an omelette.

Step 16

Flip the cling film over the top of the omelette cake and chill for up to 24 hours.

Step 17

Invert the chilled omelette cake onto a serving plate and peel off the cling film.

Step 18

Pile rocket on top, scatter over the Parmesan and drizzle with olive oil.

RocketParmesanOlive Oil