How to cook a spinach and cheese diet omelet on a steam bath? A step-by-step recipe with a photo and the subtleties of cooking. Video recipes.
An airy and tender omelette in an ensemble with spinach is a great start to the day! Although this is a versatile dish, because it can be served not only for breakfast, but also for lunch, afternoon tea and dinner. Usually omelets are fried in a pan, less often they are baked in the oven, but the most useful and tender, like a soufflé, is a steamed omelet. It is delicate, light and has a special taste. This is a win-win breakfast. Food is cooked evenly, does not dry out or burn, all vitamins, taste and color are preserved in the products. Steamed dishes are recommended for children, the elderly, people on a diet, dietary and healthy food.
So that the omelet is not only tasty, but also nutritious, it is prepared not only from eggs. Various products are added to them: meat, sausages, vegetables, mushrooms, herbs … For example, spinach is an excellent addition. It is very popular in cooking and is loved by adherents of raw food and diet food. The culture is rich in high protein content. The plant is rich in useful elements that remove bad cholesterol from the body, improve the functioning of the thyroid gland and metabolism.
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- Caloric content per 100 g - 85 kcal.
- Servings - 1
- Cooking time - 20 minutes
Ingredients:
- Eggs - 1 pc.
- Spinach - 5 leaves
- Hard cheese - 20 g
- Salt - pinch or to taste
- Drinking water - 1 tablespoon
Step-by-step cooking of an omelet with spinach and cheese on a steam bath, a recipe with a photo:
1. Place eggs in a deep bowl, pour in water and add a pinch of salt. An important point in the preparation of a steam omelet is to observe the proportions of eggs and water. If you overdo it with liquid, the omelet will not turn out airy and tender. Drinking water can be replaced with milk.
2. Whisk the food until smooth and smooth.
3. Grate the cheese on a medium grater and add to the egg mass.
4. Rinse fresh spinach leaves well in water, changing it several times to wash off all the sand. Cut off the hard stems, if necessary, remove the thick veins of leaves, and cut the greens into thin brittle ones.
5. In a bowl of egg mass, add the spinach and stir.
6. Pour the mixture into a convenient cooking container. Silicone cupcake molds work well for this purpose. They cook food much faster.
7. Send the omelet to the steam room to cook. To do this, you can use a double boiler. If there is no such assistant, build a steam bath yourself. Place the container with the omelet in a sieve or colander.
8. Place the colander on a pot of boiling water so that the sieve does not come into contact with it. It is necessary that there is steam between the boiling water and the omelet, on which the dish will be cooked.
9. Cover the spinach and cheese omelet with a lid and cook on the steam bath for 7-10 minutes. During cooking, it will rise, but as soon as you remove it, the omelet will settle immediately.
See also the video recipe on how to make an omelet with spinach and cheese.
