Cheese Omelette
Soft folded omelette filled with melting gruyere.
Ingredients
- 3 Egg
- 50 g Gruyere cheese
- 20 g Butter
- ¼ tsp Salt
- 1 tbsp Chives (optional)
Method
- Beat the eggs with the salt and grate the cheese.
- Cook the eggs in the butter over medium heat, stirring with small strokes until softly set, then scatter the cheese over.
- Fold the omelette and roll it out onto a plate while still pale and creamy.
- Scatter chives over and serve.
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About Cheese Omelette
The cheese omelette, omelette au fromage, is the French breakfast standard done with a filling of melting gruyere. The style here is deliberately restrained: eggs cooked gently in butter and stirred with small strokes until softly set, so the omelette stays pale and creamy rather than browning or drying out. Gruyere is the right cheese for it — nutty, faintly sweet, and a superb melter — and it's scattered over the eggs just as they finish so it turns molten inside the fold without weeping grease.
What you get is a soft, folded omelette that spills a little cheese when you cut in, buttery and rich with a savory depth from the gruyere and a fresh green lift from chives. It's fast enough for a weekday morning yet good enough to feel like a treat, and it's high in protein and low in carbs, which makes it an easy fit for keto eaters. Serve it straight from the pan while it's still creamy, with toast or a simple salad. The key is to fold and roll it out while it's pale — a moment too long and it loses the tender, just-set texture that defines it.
Cheese Omelette: frequently asked questions
How many calories are in Cheese Omelette?
A serving has about 564 calories — 34g protein, 1.3g carbs, 46.6g fat, 0g fiber. Figures are estimated from the ingredient amounts and will shift with your portions and brands.
Is it high in protein?
Each serving has about 34g of protein, roughly 24% of its calories.
Is Cheese Omelette gluten-free?
Based on its ingredients, Cheese Omelette 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 Cheese Omelette dairy-free?
Not as written — it uses Gruyere cheese, Butter. Swapping those for a plant-based alternative makes it dairy-free.
Do I need every ingredient to make Cheese Omelette?
The core ingredients are essential, but you can leave out chives — they're optional and mainly there for extra flavor or finish.
How many servings does Cheese Omelette make?
This recipe makes 1 serving. In the app you can scale it up or down and the ingredient amounts adjust automatically.