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Mastering the art of omelet-making is a must for serious after-dinner entertainers. With a little practice you will quickly have the expertise to prepare 20-30 individual omelets, right in front of your guests, in a matter of minutes.

This dessert omelet is an easy one and requires no special talents; it is finished in the oven and no flipping or unmolding is necessary. For more omelet recipes, see Index.

12 eggs
2 tablespoons superfine sugar
¼ cup dairy sour cream
⅓ cup flour
1½ teaspoons salt
2 tablespoons butter
1 cup strawberry preserves
2 tablespoons Cointreau

Break eggs into large mixing bowl and beat well. Stir in sugar and sour cream. Sift flour over eggs and add salt. Mix gently but thoroughly.

Heat butter in deep, heavy skillet suitable for presentation at table. When foaming, pour in eggs and cook slowly until bottom has set. Place in 375 F oven 7-10 minutes or until firm. Heat strawberry preserves.

Remove from oven and spread with warm strawberry preserves; sprinkle lightly with Cointreau.

Yield: 6 servings.

12 artichoke bottoms
½ cup lemon juice
1 cup beef broth
1 cup tomato juice
1 package unflavored gelatin
½ cup heavy cream
½ teaspoon dillweed
1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
1 dash hot sauce

If using fresh artichokes, cook whole in large kettle(s) in lightly salted water 30-35 minutes or until leaves pull easily away from body of artichoke; remove water and drain; when cool enough to handle remove leaves and save for another use (see below); cut out bottom; discard choke. Sprinkle bottoms lightly with lemon juice and chill.

If using canned artichoke bottoms, remove from cans, drain, and place on serving platter; sprinkle lightly with lemon juice and chill.

Dissolve gelatin in beef broth and tomato juice, place in saucepans and bring to boil, stirring frequently; chill until mixture begins to thicken; beat cream until stiff peaks form; fold into tomato-beef mixture and stir in seasonings.

Spoon tomato mousse into artichoke bottoms; chill well to set thoroughly before serving.

Yield: 12 appetizers.

Note: Cooked artichoke leaves may be chilled and arranged, petal fashion around a bowl of your favorite dip and used as dippers, or spread with mayonnaise and topped with shrimp. Only the soft meat at the bottom of the leaf is edible.

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