Fluffy Diner-Style Cheese Omelet

Name: Fluffy Diner-Style Cheese Omelet
Yield: Serves 2
Ingredients: 3 tablespoons, heavy cream, chilled; 5 , large eggs, room temperature; 1/4 teaspoon, salt; 2 tablespoons, unsalted butter; 1/2 cup, shredded sharp cheddar cheese; 1 , recipe omelet filling , optional

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Appears in Cook's Country December/January 2012, America's Test Kitchen TV

Our goal: impossibly tall and fluffy diner-style omelets that are loaded with cheese and other fillings.

SERVES2

TIME40 minutes

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WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Typical omelets make a fine breakfast or light dinner, but diner-style omelets can satisfy the biggest of appetites. We wanted to make our cheese omelet to be impossibly tall and fluffy and loaded with cheese and other fillings, but the rec...

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