market week: meal 5, what’s left frittata -or- zucchini and onion crusted frittata with tomatoes, goat cheese and thyme

I had grandiose ideas about what the last market week meal would be. They started out with vegetable gratin, transitioned to a quiche and finally ended up at a concoction thrown together with what's left from my market excursion. I caramelized some zucchini and onions to act as a bit of a crust, added some eggs and cream as a base and tossed in my remaining tomato, the last bit of goat cheese and a little thyme. The result is a delicious concoction of fresh items coming together to celebrate awesome flavors. This meal is great if you're hungry, because it's quick and hearty but it's not super heavy so you won't feel like a log when when you're done. Just whisk some eggs with some cream. I liked the idea of caramelizing onions and zucchini together to create a base for the eggs. It also worked well with the timing of everything because I could chop those up and toss them in the pan, then get the eggs going and prep the other ingredients. When the onions and zucchini started to soften and brown, I poured the eggs over top. I tossed the other ingredients on top and let it cook for a few minutes. When the eggs were mostly cooked but still a little runny on top, I put the whole thing in the broiler for a few minutes to get a nice browned top. That was a good decision. The whole meal took about fifteen, maybe twenty minutes and was full of flavor. It made me wonder why I don't make the what's left frittata more often. what's left frittata this is ripe for experimentation, use what you have on hand, following the base instructions 1 zucchini, thinly sliced 1/2 large onion, chopped 1 tomato, coarsely chopped 4 eggs 1/4 cup heavy cream thyme goat cheese 1 Tablespoon butter Preheat oven to 350° 1 Melt the butter in a cast iron skillet over medium heat. Add the onions and zucchini, cook 4-5 minutes. 2 Meanwhile, whisk together the eggs and cream. When the onions are beginning to brown, add the egg mixture. 3 Add the tomatoes, goat cheese and thyme. Cook about 8 minutes, until the eggs are almost cooked but still a little runny on the top. 4 Place the cast iron skillet in the broiler for 2-3 minutes. 5 Remove from broiler, let cool for a minute or two, then serve and enjoy.
Filed under breakfast and dinner and eat and market week by Kelly. . 3 Comments
  1. Dana Says:

    July 17th, 2009 at 10:00 am

    I love a good fritatta, but like you, I don’t make them very often. Maybe it’s because I don’t have a cast iron skillet like you do (great photo, by the way). Whenever I have made them in the past, I have had to scoop them out rather than slice them. Still delicious, but lacking the wow factor.

  2. Amanda Nicole Says:

    July 17th, 2009 at 11:53 am

    This looks wonderful! I love ‘everything but the kitchen sink’ dinners.

  3. Sprouted Kitchen / Sara Says:

    July 18th, 2009 at 5:23 pm

    mmm i want this right now please.

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