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5 recipes · Sykestell og sykemat

5 eggerett recipes from the “Big Cookbook,” in the sykestell og sykemat category. From Henriette Schønberg Erken's original text to a modernized version for today's kitchen.

  • Baked egg in a mold

    One egg is baked soft in a buttered mold sprinkled with finely chopped ham, in a water bath in the oven until just set, then turned out – a light egg dish for the sick.

  • Omelet

    Invalid's omelet of one egg with 1 tsp milk and salt, fried in butter over low heat, rolled up and served at once with jam or sugar. Erken 1914.

  • Omelet with Fish, Meat or Vegetable Stew

    Small omelet for invalid food of egg yolks, milk and stiffly beaten egg white fried in butter, filled with a simple stew of 50 g fish, meat or vegetables (or sweetbread or jam). Erken 1914.

  • Omelet with Ham

    Small omelet for invalids: 40 g finely chopped ham, 1 egg, 1 tablespoon milk, butter and salt. The egg yolk is whisked with ham and milk, stiffly beaten egg white is folded in, fried as an omelet.

  • Omelet with Spinach

    Invalid's omelet of one egg with spinach stew: boiled, pressed spinach is stirred into a thick sauce of butter, cornstarch and milk and placed on the fried omelet. Erken 1914, pages 667–668.