Cheesecake for Breakfast Omelette

5.00 (3)
⏱ 13 mins 🍽 3 serving(s) 🏷 Breakfast

This unique breakfast dish combines a fluffy omelette with a sweet, creamy cheesecake-style filling. The eggs are whisked with sour cream and sugar before cooking gently in a pan. A warm mixture of cream cheese, vanilla and sugar is spread over the cooked omelette, then finished with fruit preserves and a dollop of whipped cream for a decadent start to the day. It serves three people and takes only 13 minutes to prepare.

Cheesecake for Breakfast Omelette

Ingredients

  • 1 tablespoon butter
  • 6 eggs
  • 4 tablespoons sour cream
  • 2 tablespoons white sugar
  • 4 ounces cream cheese
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 6 tablespoons fruit preserves or 6 tablespoons sliced & sugared fresh fruit
  • 2 ounces whipped cream

Method

  1. Combine the eggs, sour cream and one tablespoon of sugar in a bowl. Whisk this mixture for five minutes, or use an electric mixer on a low setting for two minutes.
  2. Melt the butter in a heavy 8-inch Teflon coated frying pan over the lowest heat. Pour the egg mixture into the pan.
  3. As the eggs cook, place the cream cheese in a bowl. Warm it in a microwave for 45 seconds. Check the temperature. it should be warm but not hot. If needed, heat in further 15 second bursts.
  4. Stir the vanilla and the remaining sugar into the warmed cream cheese until thoroughly combined.
  5. Flip the omelette by sliding it onto a plate, covering it with the fry pan and inverting it. Return it to the heat until firm, which should take about 30 seconds.
  6. Spread the cream cheese mixture over the top of the cooked omelette. Then add the fruit topping over the cream cheese layer.
  7. Add a finishing touch of whipped cream on top.
  8. Serve accompanied by your preferred toast, buttered and sprinkled with cinnamon sugar.

Nutrition (per serving)

Sodium305800 mg

Recipe details

CategoryBreakfast
AuthorMark Kovach