Need Help Making a French Omelette w/ Ham, Cheese, and Vegtables
Greetings,
I just started on my journey to begin to learn how to cook more professionally (taking into account presentation, taste, technique, etc...). I stumbled upon an Andy Cooks video which talked about 7 things that all beginning cooks should learn to make. One of those items is a french omelette with ham, cheese, tomatoes, and parsley. I want to perfect the presentation of the dish since we have alot of cafes in the area and learning how to make a good omelette feels like a neccesary step in my journey.
To spoil my first attempt, it did not go super well. I beat the eggs and milk in a seperate bowl and I cut all of the other ingredients to around 1/4 inch strips (w/ the exception of the cheese ( I used shredded mozzarella) and parsley)). I put the butter in the pan (careful not to burn like Andy said in the video) and then intially when I poured in the eggs, I had the pan off the heat. This might been a mistake, I'm not quite sure but I quickly brought back on the pan and started moving the egg around like it was shown in the video.
I added the cheese and parsley all around the pan. At this point, I realized that I probably either overcooked the omelette since I had the pan on the middle rack on high heat (yeah, I know, rookie mistake). I tried to then add the tomatoes and ham inside and quickly begin the folding the omelette but it was already too cooked and you can see from the photo, parts the omelette were blackened. Still I managed to fold the egg to the end of the pan, took a plate faced upside-down onto the pan, and flipped it and the end result is the photo I took.
I would love to get some advice on how I should improve as make more and more omlettes including potentially some references to other videos. I also realize I should probably first focus on making a regular french omlette first before making one with ingredients. I'm not completely new to cooking, I've made things for my friends and family but I realize I do need to get better and if anyone has any points of advice or references, I would be greatly appreciated 😄.
Here's a link to the original recipe on youtube by AndyCooks:
https://youtu.be/A7XNesFBEaA?si=yb3PiSsluETWTw5F
**sorry I'm unable to paste an image from my phone into reddit 😞