Baked Omelette

I decided to try this recipe as it was the next one out of the hat and I had all the ingredients in the flat for once. Baked Omelette from page 30 of Jo Wheatley's Passion for Baking book. 

This is meant to be a breakfast recipe but I had it for my lunch and reduced the portion size significantly. I only used 3 eggs and 3 rashers of bacon and added in some tomatoes. I also used milk instead of double cream. 

The first step is to fry the bacon and the onion until they're nicely brown, I also added the tomato in order for this to be fried as well. Meanwhile whisk the egg and the milk together. Combine all the ingredients into a hot pan and place in the oven for 20 mins. 

This is a very easy recipe but I have the same problem with this as I had with the oven baked breakfast, is it really worthy of a page in a baking book? It is a very simple recipe and there's nothing new about it. It's just an omelette. 

My finished omelette. 

The verdict? It's nice but not amazing. I'm enjoying it for my lunch and being someone that's not keen on runny eggs, it's nice and solid. But like I said, it needed something special to be worthy of going in this book, it doesn't have it. 4/10.

Oven Baked Breakfast P.37

This weeks Passion of Baking Challenge was the Oven Baked Breakfast from page 37 of Jo Wheatley's book. This is basically a fry up but cooked in the oven rather than in a frying pan. I decided to have this as my dinner rather than a breakfast in order not to destroy my diet too much!! 

I made a few changes to the recipe this time, for simplicity but also for what I like. I didn't have any mushrooms (don't like them) and I didn't oil the tomato as I prefer it done without and it's easier. 

Basically the recipe consists of putting the sausages in the oven for around 10 mins, then adding the tomato and bacon for a further 10 mins. Once cooked take that lot out and put the eggs in the tray, as it's already hot it fries a little when added and then oven bake that for a few minutes. I found it hard to judge when the egg was cooked to my satisfaction so they were a little too hard for my liking, I like running yolks but the white has to be completely cooked. 

My Oven Baked Breakfast

I then made some toast and settled down to eat it. 

Verdict. Jo says "This is a lovely easy weekend brunch for when I'm not ready for a big breakfast but then too hungry to wait until lunchtime". For me this seems a strange comment because this is a big breakfast!! However, it was lovely and I enjoyed it. For me this recipe doesn't really work in a baking book, it seems out of place and also a bit basic. Everyone knows how to make a cooked breakfast so it seems a bit unnecessary to put it in here and then not really add anything extra. Yes it's novel cooking it in the oven but that's not really enough to inspire me. I was disappointed to pick this out of the bag and no less disappointed having made it even though it was a lovely meal. 

For the score, I'm not sure I want to give this meal a score because it's not unique and for that it's going to suffer, a mere 4/10. Next time Baked Omelette, let's see if this can be more original.