Italian omelet roll

6 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
1 tablespoon Unsalted butter
12 Eggs; separated
¾ teaspoon Salt; to taste
1 pinch Pequin quebrado
1 pounds Hot Italian sausage
1 teaspoon Italian crushed hot red pepper (or to taste)
1 medium Onion; thinly sliced, separated into rings
12 Pickled Tuscan peppers
8 ounces Mozzarella cheese; cut in 1/8-inch thick slices

Directions

Butter 10x15-inch jelly roll pan. Cover bottom with waxed paper cut to size. Butter paper. Preheat oven to 350. Beat egg whites until stiff; set aside. Combine salt, pequin & egg yolks; beat with whisk until blended.

Fold whites & yolks together. Turn egg mixture into pan, carefully smoothing with a spatula. Bake 15-20 minutes until done. Remove casings from sausage, crumble meat into skillet & cook briefly; add red pepper & onion. Cook, stirring often, 10-12 minutes until sausage is done. Drain off fat. Place done omelet on cooling rack, loosen edges. Grab edge of paper & pull omelet out onto cloth towel, invert on another cloth towel & remove paper. Sprinkle with sausage mixture, scatter Tuscan peppers on top.

Arrange cheese slices over all, quickly roll, set on ovenproof platter & place in oven to melt cheese. Slice & serve. Makes 6 servings.

From the <Hotter Than Hell!>, by Jane Butel, ISBN 0-89586-646-3 (0-89586-542-4 paperback). Downloaded from Glen's MM Recipe Archive, .

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