Seafood Omelets with Creamy Cheese Sauce

Description

Thin, rich omelets are wrapped around a crab and shrimp filling. A luscious Cheddar cheese sauce is draped overtop.

Ingredients

  • ¼ cup chicken broth
  • 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
  • ¼ cup heavy cream
  • 2 tablespoons butter
  • 1 (6 ounce) can crab
  • 1 (6 ounce) can salad shrimp
  • ¼ cup heavy cream
  • 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
  • 1 cup shredded Cheddar cheese
  • 1 dash nutmeg
  • Salt and pepper to taste
  • 4 eggs, beaten
  • ¼ cup heavy cream
  • Salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

  1. Make filling: Stir together chicken broth and mustard in a saucepan until well combined. Bring to a simmer over medium-high heat
  2. then add cream and butter. Reduce heat to medium and simmer until reduced by half. Stir in crab and shrimp; keep warm over low heat.
  3. Make sauce: Stir together cream and mustard in a small pot over medium heat until hot. Whisk in Cheddar cheese until smooth. Season with nutmeg
  4. salt
  5. and pepper; keep warm over low heat.
  6. Prepare omelets: Grease an 8-inch nonstick skillet with cooking spray and place over medium heat. Whisk together eggs
  7. cream
  8. salt
  9. and pepper in a medium bowl until smooth.
  10. Pour about 1/4 cup egg mixture into the hot pan; swirl to make a thin
  11. even layer of egg. Cook until firm
  12. then flip and cook for a few more seconds to firm the other side. Spoon 1/6 of the seafood filling onto the lower half of omelet
  13. then roll up into a cylinder. Repeat this step with remaining egg mixture.
  14. Serve 2 omelets smothered in cheese sauce per person.

Prep Time: 30 mins

Cook Time: 25 mins

Total Time: 55 mins

Servings: 3

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