Caramelised Onion And Chickpea Frittata Recipes

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 - 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.

CARAMELISED ONION AND CHICKPEA FRITTATA

Steps:

• Heat oil and butter in a heavy based large frypan, add onion and saute over gentle heat for approximately 10 minutes until soft and caramelised.
• Add chickpeas and stir to combine.
• In a separate bowl, beat together eggs, cream, salt and pepper.
• Pour over onion mixture in frypan.
• Sprinkle with parmesan and thyme and cook for 5-6 minutes.
• Transfer frittata to under a hot grill for 1-2 minutes to lightly brown the top.
• Cut into wedges and serve immediately with salad and chutney.