Frittata : Simple Potato and Tomato Frittata

This is it ...... Frittata. Another Italian food that I have tried. The name of this food is similar to my name. hehehe Frita -Frittata. yayaya.

So, let's know what Frittata is.

Frittata is kind of food that comes from Italy. From Its shape, Frittata is an egg-based dish similar to an omelet. The additional ingredients is so vary, like vegetable, meat, cheese, and also pasta. Frittata mixes egg with that additional ingredients then cooked in a skillet. Frittata is easy to be cooked because it can be cooked with vary kind of methode, like on the stove, in the microwave, or reguler oven. It's based on recipe. There are some variety of frittata that have been made by people, like :

- brocoli frittata

- chessy pasta frittata

- spinach frittata

- potato and vegetable frittata

- etc

First of all, in this posting, I'll tell you about "Potato and Vegetable Frittata" that I taken from allrecipes.com become "Simple Potato and Tomato Frittata".

Simple Potato and Tomato Frittata

Ingredients :

• 1 teaspoon olive oil or vegetable oil
• 1/2 cup chopped onion
• 1 clove garlic, minced
• 1/2 cup diced green bell pepper
• 2 cups cooked and diced potatoes
• 1 cup chopped fresh tomato
• 2 tablespoons black olives
• 3 eggs
• salt and pepper to taste
• 1/4 teaspoon dried oregano
• 1 pinch cayenne pepper
• 1/2 small tomato, sliced or tomato sauce (optional)
• 1/4 cup shredded mozzarella cheese

Directions

1. Preheat the broiler on your oven. If there is no oven, you can use your stove.
2. In a frying pan/skillet with an ovenproof handle heat the oil and saute onion, garlic and green bell pepper over a low heat. Add the potatoes, stir well to combine, and continue cooking, stirring frequently, until the potatoes are heated through and starting to stick to the pan.
3. Then add the tomatoes and black olives, stirring well to combine with the other ingredients, and cook just until the tomatoes have begun giving up their juice.
4. Beat the eggs with the salt, pepper, oregano, and cayenne. When all the vegetables are cooked, pour the eggs over them
5. Arrange the tomato slices or tomato sauce over the top of the eggs, and sprinkle the mozzarella and Parmesan cheeses over the tomato slices. Cook gently over low heat until the eggs are almost set (they'll be firm around the edges and a bit runny in the middle).
6. Slip the pan under the broiler for a minute or two, until the eggs are fully set and the cheese has melted and begun to brown. Cut into wedges and serve.

Notes:

• You can use skillet with diameter 20-25 cm.
• You can add sossis or meat to make food more tasty.
• On the preparation step, potatos is in halfcooked by frying or boiling.
• For the optional vegetables, you can subtituted with spinach, brocoli, and etc. But you have to control the cooking time. Don't take long time to cook vegetable like spinach before mix with the egg.

Enjoy your Experiment.