Recipe for Basic Frittata

Frittata is an Italian omelette. Kuku and tortilla both sound much more exciting than a flat omelette although that’s basically what they are.

Unlike their soft and creamy French cousin, these omelettes are cooked slowly over a very low heat during which time you can be whipping up a delicious salad to accompany them!

A frittata is cooked gently on both sides and cut into wedges like a piece of cake. Omit the tomato and you have a basic recipe, flavoured with grated cheese and a generous sprinkling of herbs. Like the omelette, though, you’ll occasionally want to add some tasty morsels, to ring the changes perhaps some spinach, ruby chard, calabreze, asparagus, smoked mackerel etc. The list is endless but be careful don’t use it as a dust bin - think about the combination of flavours before you empty your fridge.