This recipe was created to match the omelette served at the Original Pancake House. I honestly would eat there every day if I could! Breakfast foods are so delicious and their souffle omelette’s are to die for! These omelette’s are so huge that my husband and I split one and can’t even eat it all! But, unfortunately we cannot afford to go out to eat every day. Dreaming of the mushroom and cheese filled amazingness that I always order, I became determined to figure out how to make it myself. Not only did I come up with a winning recipe, but my husband thinks it’s better than the one we order at the restaurant! Plus I know exactly what is going into it when I make it in my own kitchen, and I use the best quality ingredients I can find.
Ingredients:
- 1 small package mushrooms, or about 1 cup chopped
- 2-3 Tbsp grass-fed butter — we use this kind
- 12 pastured eggs, separated
- 2 cups of your favorite raw cheese (we prefer to use gouda, swiss, cheddar or havarti because they melt really well)
- *Note: if you do not eat dairy, you can always use breakfast sausage, caramelized onions, fresh herbs, spinach, or anything else that you typically put into an omelette
Directions:
- Preheat oven to Broil
- In a large skillet, saute the mushrooms in 2 tbsp butter until they are soft and fragrant
- Pour mushrooms into a bowl and set aside
- Separate eggs and place into separate large bowls
- Whip egg whites using a hand mixer, until stiff peaks form
- Whisk egg yolks until liquefied
- Fold yolks into whites
- Melt remaining 1 Tbsp of butter in the skillet and pour half of the egg mixture into the pan, smooth the top with a spatula
- Sprinkle mushrooms and 2 cups of cheese on top, distributing evenly
- Scoop remaining egg mixture on top and smooth with a spatula
- On a medium-high burner allow the soufflé to cook for 5 minutes, undisturbed
- You can lift the edges with a spatula to see if the bottom is beginning to cook
- Next, place the skillet in the oven on Broil for 2-3 minutes, until there is a nice brown on top
- Remove from oven carefully and sprinkle on the remaining cup of cheese
- Place back into the oven for an additional 1-2 minutes, until the cheese is melted and bubbly
- Remove from oven and let sit for a few minutes so it is allowed to settle a bit
- Slice and enjoy!
- You can serve with a homemade gluten-free gravy, hollandaise sauce or (my personal favorite) hot sauce!
- P.S. If you are a total egg nerd like me you simply HAVE TO check out this cookbook, it has every possible delicious recipe for eggs that you will ever want to know. I read it often and aspire to make every one!
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Ab-Fab, Thank You!. So I make my own mushroom sherry sauce: *save out enough mushrooms to put in sauce. Use about 3-4 Tbsp corn starch, added to 1/2 stick butter, in pan. Melt & whisk. Add 1 cup water, begin cooking, stirring constantly. Add sherry, stirring, then add water as needed til good consistency. add salt to taste, & some ground pepper. A touch of nutmeg is good also. Do use gruyere! (best) or smoked gouda good also. thanks!
Ooh, thank you so much Maureen! I will definitely give that recipe a try 🙂
Just visited the Original House of Pancakes & had my first baked omelette, words can’t describe its deliciousness. I live 1200 miles away so I won’t be back any time soon. Thank you for this recipe can’t wait to try it at home!!
Those omelets are amazing! That’s why I came up with this recipe, I hope you enjoy it too! Still working on perfecting the mushroom sauce.
Recommending a pan size would be helpful. I used a 10 inch crep pans and 10 eggs. Too small. Eggs are dripping everywhere. I am questioning weather this will work. Yikes
Great stuff. Do you have the recipe for the mushroom Sherry sauce yo top off the omelette
I still have not perfected that recipe! This one looks great: https://www.epicurious.com/recipes/member/views/sherry-cream-mushrooms-1216230
i believe they add a bit of pancake mix to the omelette to get that super airy texture. I just made this and it was so delicious 🙂
Yeah, I have heard that too. Glad you liked it 🙂
Looks delicious!