Omelette aux Fines Herbes
French herb omelette
Ingredients
- 3 Egg
- 20 g Butter
- 1 tbsp Parsley
- 1 tbsp Chives
- 1 tsp Tarragon
- ¼ tsp Salt
- ⅛ tsp Black pepper
Method
- Before you turn on any heat, get everything ready: finely chop the parsley, chives, and tarragon together.
- Beat the eggs in a bowl with the salt and pepper for 30 seconds — until uniformly yellow and a little frothy.
- Heat the skillet over medium. Add the butter. Swirl as it foams. When the foam is just subsiding (NOT browning), pour in the eggs.
- Immediately start stirring the eggs with a spatula in small circles for 20 seconds. Then stop, let the base set 10 seconds, and tilt the pan to even.
- Scatter the herbs over the top. Lift the handle and tap the far edge of the pan against the heat to roll the omelet onto itself, folding it into thirds.
- Invert onto a plate so the seam is underneath. The surface should be matte yellow, the inside still soft (baveuse). Eat immediately.
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About Omelette aux Fines Herbes
The omelette aux fines herbes is a cornerstone of French home and restaurant cooking, and it's a dish cooks are quietly judged by. "Fines herbes" is a specific classic blend — here parsley, chives, and tarragon chopped together — with tarragon lending its faint anise perfume as the defining note. The ideal is a pale yellow, barely-set omelette with no browning at all: soft and almost creamy inside, rolled into a neat cylinder. It's built on nothing more than eggs, butter, and herbs, which is exactly why technique is everything.
Success comes down to heat and timing, and this recipe is honest about it. The butter is used at the moment its foam subsides but before it colors, the eggs are stirred in small circles for the first twenty seconds to build a fine curd, then left to set just briefly before the herbs go on and the pan is tapped to roll the omelette onto itself. Done right it takes only minutes, which makes it a genuine quick meal for one — classically breakfast, but equally a light lunch or supper with a green salad and bread. It's naturally low in carbs and rich in a way that feels restrained rather than heavy.
Omelette aux Fines Herbes: frequently asked questions
How many calories are in Omelette aux Fines Herbes?
A serving has about 370 calories — 20.2g protein, 3.2g carbs, 30.8g fat, 1.1g fiber. Figures are estimated from the ingredient amounts and will shift with your portions and brands.
Is Omelette aux Fines Herbes gluten-free?
Based on its ingredients, Omelette aux Fines Herbes has no gluten-containing components, so it's naturally gluten-free — as always, check that any packaged ingredients you use are certified gluten-free to be safe.
Is Omelette aux Fines Herbes dairy-free?
Not as written — it uses Butter. Swapping it for a plant-based alternative makes it dairy-free.
How many servings does Omelette aux Fines Herbes make?
This recipe makes 1 serving. In the app you can scale it up or down and the ingredient amounts adjust automatically.