The Royal Reuben Omelet Food

THE ROYAL REUBEN OMELET

Steps:

• Grill up your sliced corned beef and sauerkraut.
• If making this for a celebration for St. Paddy's day, go ahead and cut out your Shamrock bread to make toast.
• Beat your eggs and milk in a bowl with a little salt & pepper. Add to a heated pan w/hot oil and pour in. Now, swirl around a litte so that your omelet cooks evenly. Lift up the edges of egg mixture with spatula to allow uncooked egg to run under. Once it is almost cooked through add your hot corned beef, kraut on top and then squirt on your Thousand Island dressing.
• Fold over omelet in pan....this is a heavy omelet so use 2 spatulas so that it doesn't tear like mine did. No worries though if it does as you are going to add a swiss cheese sauce on top. Yumm
• Meanwhile, heat your butter on medium/low heat in a small pan and then add your flour; stir till combined. Then add your 1/4 cup of half and half and continue to stir. Add, your seasonings and shredded Swiss cheese. Whisk till completely melted and is a nice "pour" consistency. If it is too thick add more half & half.
• Since I live in a town with a few "Irish" folks, I was unable to find any Thousand Island dressing and found an amazing product called "Secret Burger Sauce". On the back of the bottle it reads: "Why go out to a burger joint when you enjoy this bold twist on thousand island flavor at home?." ---This worked perfectly!

REUBEN BRUNCH OMELET

Steps:

• Omelets will be prepared one at a time in omelet or similar pan, so it is a good idea to have oven barely warm to keep prepared omelets in while preparing others.
• Have corned beef sliced into thin slices, about 12 pieces if possible.
• Drain sauerkraut through strainer over bowl until very well drained.
• Discard liquid.
• Mince one gherkin and add to the thousand island dressing.
• Break eggs into bowl, add 1/2 cup water and caraway seeds (unless sauerkraut already has caraway in it).
• Beat eggs until thoroughly blended.
• Place omelet pan over medium heat.
• When hot, add 1 tablespoon solid margarine to pan and tilt to coat sides and bottom.
• Turn heat to medium-high.
• Pour in one quarter of eggs.
• Using wide spatula or fork, pull cooked eggs toward center, allowing uncooked part to flow to outside.
• While top is still moist and creamy, add 2 slices Swiss cheese to one side of omelet, top with 1/4 of the corned beef and then top with 1/4 cup sauerkraut.
• Fold other side over and immediately remove to serving plate.
• Keep in barely warm oven while preparing remaining 3 omelets.
• Wipe pan with paper towels between each omelet.
• To serve, top each with 1/4 of the dressing and serve one gherkin along side omelet.

THE OMELET BY ALTON BROWN

Steps:

• Crack warm eggs into bowl, add salt, and blend with fork.
• Heat a 10-inch non-stick aluminum pan over medium-high heat. Once pan is hot add butter and brush around surface of pan using a pastry brush.
• Pour the eggs into center of pan and stir vigorously with spatula for 5 seconds. As soon as a semi-solid mass begins to form, lift pan and move around until the excess liquid pours off into pan.
• Using your spatula move around the edge of the egg mixture to help shape into a circle and to loosen edge. Let omelet sit in pan for 10 seconds *without* touching.
• Shake pan to loosen the omelet from the pan. Lift up the far edge of one side of the omelete and snap it back toward you. Using your spatula, fold over 1/3 of the omelet. Slide omelet onto plate and fold both edges of the omelet in so they meet in the center.
• Coat with remaining butter and sprinkle with fresh herb(s) of choice if desired. Serve immediately.

REUBEN CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Put half of the rye bread cubes into a greased 15 x 10 Pyrex.
• Top with the sauerkraut.
• Mix the mayo and Russian dressing together and spoon half on top the sauerkraut.
• Top with 1 cup of the Swiss cheese.
• Top with the corned beef.
• Top with the rest of the Mayo/dressing mix.
• Lastly, top with the remainder of the bread cubes and the remainder of the Swiss cheese.
• Drizzle the melted butter over all.
• Cover with foil and bake at 350 degrees for 40 minutes.
• Uncover and bake an additional 10 minutes.
• Serve hot -- Enjoy!

ONION OMELET FROM THE TICINO

Steps:

• Heat the butter and olive oil together in the skillet. Add the onions and cook until they are soft and golden.
• Season with salt and pepper to taste.
• Stir in the eggs. Cook over low heat until the omelet is golden on the top side.
• Turn and cook on the other side until it, too, is golden brown.

HAM AND CHEESE OMELET ROLL

Steps:

• Line the bottom and sides of a greased 15x10x1-inch baking pan with parchment paper; grease the paper and set aside.
• In a small mixing bowl, beat cream cheese and milk until smooth.
• Add flour and salt; mix until combined.
• In a large mixing bowl, beat the eggs until blended.
• Add the cream cheese mixture; mix well and pour into prepared pan.
• Bake at 375°F oven for 30-35 minutes or until eggs or puffed and set.
• Remove from oven.
• Immediately spread with mustard and sprinkle with 1 cup of cheese.
• Sprinkle with ham, onions and 1 more cup of cheese.
• Roll up the omelet from a short side.
• Peeling parchment paper away while rolling, sprinkle top of roll with remaining cheese and bake 3 to 4 minutes longer, or until cheese is melted.

THE REAL REUBEN

Steps:

• Place bread on baking sheet or broiling pan. Layer corned beef, sauerkraut and cheese on top of bread slices.
• Broil on high heat for 3 to 4 minutes, until cheese has melted. Serve hot with Thousand Island dressing.