Caramelized Onion Frittata With 3 More Variations Recipes

CARAMELIZED ONION FRITTATA - WITH 3 MORE VARIATIONS

Steps:

• Place butter and oil in a 23 cm (9 inch) non stick frypan over low heat and cook until butter has melted; add onions to pan.
• Cook onions, stirring occasionally, for 10-15 minutes or until onions are golden brown, soft and caramelized.
• Place eggs, cream and pepper in a bowl and whisk to combine; pour egg mixture over onions in frypan and sprinkle with cheese and thyme and cook frittata for 5-6 minutes or until it is almost set.
• To finish cooking, place frittata under a preheated hot grill for 1 minute; cut into wedges and serve with hot buttered toast or with a spicy chutney.
• Pumpkin Frittata - Add 1/2 cup mashed pumpkin or sweet potato when whisking eggs.
• Blue Cheese and Potato Frittata - When onions have cooked in the pan, sprinkle 1 cup cooked cubed potato over them, pour in egg mixture and sprinkle blue cheese instead of cheddar over eggs.
• Antipasto Frittata - After adding eggs to the pan, top them with char grilled antipasto vegetables such as capsicum (red or green pepper), eggplant (aubergine) and zucchini (courgette), sprinkle frittata with cheddar and continue with steps three and four.

CARAMELIZED ONION FRITTATA

Steps:

• Place potato and 3 tbs water in a small bowl. Cover with plastic wrap, vent and microwave 4 minutes or until tender, stirring once. Set aside.
• Heat a 10" skillet over med-high heat. Coat pan with cooking spray and add onion.
• Cover and cook 10 minutes or until lightly browned, stirring occasionally.
• Uncover and cook 10 minutes or until golden brown, stirring frequently. While onions cook, add 1/3 cup water, 1 Tbs at a time to prevent sticking.
• Stir in potato, sage, salt and pepper. Spoon into bowl and cool.
• Combine 1/4 cup cheese, milk, egg whites and eggs in a bowl.
• Add egg mixture to potato mixture and stir well.
• Preheat broiler.
• Pour mixture into skillet coated with cooking spray.
• Cook over medium heat for 7 minutes or until bottom of frittata is browned and top is almost set.
• Sprinkle remaining cheese on top and broil for 5 minutes or until cheese melts and top is set.

CARAMELIZED ONION FRITTATA

Steps:

• Fry the onions very gently in half the olive oiluntil very soft and golden brown. This will take about 30 minutes. Sprinkle over the sugar and cook for a further 3-5 minutes, until caramalized. Leave to cool.
• Beat the eggs with the parmesan, thyme, parsley, salt & pepper. Stir in the onion.
• Heat the remaining oil in a heavy based frying pan. Pour in half the mixture, making sure it gets its proper complement of onion. Reduce the heat to moderate and cook until almost set through. Lift out of the pan and invert the fittata back into the pan, uncooked side down. Cook for a couple more minutes until the underneath is slighly brown.
• Serve or keep warm while you cook the remaining frittata in the same way.

ONION FRITTATA

Steps:

• Put the butter, garlic, diced chili and onions in a frying pan and fry gently until the onions are a nice golden brown.
• Beat the six eggs well with the salt and pepper.
• Scoop the onions out of the pan and mix with the eggs.
• Melt the extra butter in the pan and pour in the egg mixture.
• Cook on both sides until browned Slice in wedges and serve hot.