Frittata with Broccoli and Cheese

Frittata is an Italian dish did you know that? Making a frittata is so simple and can be as plain or creative as you like. I always like to find out what a food is prior to cooking it. I did not get all brainyyack on it just general information. Original recipes cook the eggs prior to baking and then add the ingredients and finish it off in the oven. I mix all the ingredients together and bake it in the oven till done. 

 Unlike a Quiche a Frittata has no crust.

Ingredients

4 cups chopped steamed broccoli
3 scallion onion chopped
1 finely chopped garlic clove
1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
1/4 cup water
1/4 cup milk
8 eggs

salt and pepper to taste

Steam your broccoli. Steam it to the texture you like I am a crunch head so I like mine a bit firm and knowing it will cook more in the oven it is steamed just so slightly. I then pan fry the broccoli and onion to just brown. Once cooked set aside you want it to cool slightly never add hot ingredients to raw eggs it will cook them. Pop it in the refrigerator while you mix the other ingredients.

Alright while that cools let's get our wet ingredients together. In a large mixing bowl add your eggs, milk, water and seasoning. Whisk them together until well mixed. Now add you broccoli and onion and cheese. 

Once this is all mixed up pour it into your pan. Spray or grease your pan. You can use a round cake pan. An oven safe skillet or what I like to use my iron skillet. I use an iron skillet for many of my recipes. The iron skillet gets super hot and the heat cooks evenly all the way around. Just be careful taking it out of the oven. 

Cook this in a 375 degree oven for 30 minutes. Increase the temperature to 400 for the next 15 minutes to brown the top and when a fork comes out clean it is done. Remove from the oven and let it cool down for about 20 minutes and serve.

Quiche vs Frittata

We all like Frittata and we love our Quiche.  But do you know the difference?

Here is the low down on the difference of the two.

In the dictionary it say’s and I quote:

Frittata- Noun – Italian omelet with diced vegetables and meat cooked until the bottom is set then inverted into another pan to cook the top.

Quiche – Noun – A tart filled with unsweetened custard, often contains other ingredients like cheese or ham or seafood or vegetables.

Now the rest of the story:

Let us start with the Quiche there are as many ways of cooking as definitions. Let’s review and make a logical summation. Quiche is French it is made with eggs and different additions. These additions would and could include veggies, meat, seafood, and poultry. The quiche has a crust and is custard based which means it uses cream for a creamy taste. It can be served hot or cold.

A Frittata is like an omelet and is Italian in it’s origin. It consists of basically eggs and other ingredients minus the cream and crust. This Frittata can be as thin as a pancake or thick with a golden crust. The ingredients to add to this is almost identical to Frittata but no cream no crust. Frittata makes the Egg’s the super star of the dish.
 
Here are ingredients you could add to either: Meat/Poultry , Vegetables, Herbs, so get creative and make it your own. Add the ingredients you love and make a fun breakfast or dinner. It can be made ahead and warmed up the next morning. Also a great way to serve a Frittata is to cook the day before a party and cut it cold into bite size chunks for a quick and fun appetizer.