Sunday, February 6, 2011

I made a tasty fritatta! I made a tasty fritatta!

Yes, I'm singing. I've been trying fritattas off and on for a while never really hitting the mark of delicious. Last night I had fried up 3 lbs of hamburger with onions, celery, bell pepper and garlic and froze it in 1 cup packages for future use. I had purchased a cauliflower to make a potato cauliflower curry (recipe in a past post). I had some fresh cilantro and I had purchased a new bottle of oregano. It all came together perfectly. My sign of excellence - my excellent but discriminating cook of a husband went back for a second slice!

Here's my recipe for the resulting, delicious fritatta (an Italian omelet)

Ingredients:
4 eggs, whisked together
1/4 cup milk, whisked into the eggs
1/4 cup cheddar cheese, finely grated
3 or 4 tablespoons very small cauliflower floweretts, steamed (for ease I use a microwave steamer)
1/3 cup hamburger mixture (made with onion, green pepper, celery, garlic)
2 tablespoons chopped onion/green pepper (if using plain hamburger add more chopped onion/green pepper)
2 Tablespoons fresh cilantro, chopped
1/4 teas oregano
a couple shakes of red pepper flakes
Johnny's Seasoning Salt to taste, (about 1/8 to 1/4 teas.)

Instructions:
Whisk eggs and milk together.
Steam cauliflower flowerettes.
Thaw hamburger (if frozen, thaw by putting in steamer)
Chop cilantro
Mix together then add to egg mixture - hamburger, cauliflower, cilantro, chopped onion/garlic, oregano, red pepper flakes, Johnny's Seasoning Salt.
Add most of the cheese to the egg mixture (retaining a bit for browning under the broiler.
Melt a generous amount of butter to coat bottom and partial sides of about a 10" frying pan that can be placed under the broiler.
Fry the fritatta, lifting the sides as they solidify to let the uncooked egg run underneath.
When the fritatta is fairly solid, place the pan under the broiler to brown the top. When it begins to brown add a bit of cheddar cheese and melt.

Serve with sour cream on the side.