Asparagus Frittata

Name: Asparagus Frittata
Prep time: 35 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 Tbsps unsalted butter; 118 milliliters sliced shallots; 454 grams thin spear asparagus, tough ends snapped off, spears cut diagonally into 1-inch lengths; 6 larges eggs; 177 milliliters ricotta cheese (can sub cottage cheese); 1 teaspoons salt; 1 Tbsp minced fresh chives; 0 teaspoons dried tarragon; 237 milliliters shredded Gruyere or Swiss cheese (can sub an Italian blend)

You can never have too many main course recipes, so give Asparagus Frittatan From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 35 minutes.

Instructions

Heat butter into a 10-inch oven-proof frying pan over medium heat.

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Add shallots and cook, stirring occasionally, until they soften and turn translucent, about 3 minutes.

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Add asparagus and cook for an additional 3 minutes.

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Add egg mixture: Beat the eggs, ricotta cheese together, and salt, stir in the chives and tarragon.

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Pour the egg mixture into the pan and cook until almost set, but still runny on top, about 4 to 5 minutes. While cooking, pre-heat oven broiler.

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Top with cheese and broil:

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Sprinkle Gruyere cheese over the eggs and put in oven to broil until cheese is melted and browned, and the center is set, about 6 to 8 minutes.

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Remove pan from oven with oven mitts and slide frittata onto a serving plate.

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Cut into wedges. (Be very careful with the hot pan handle! I usually ice down the handle of any long handled pan I take out of the oven so that no one mistakenly tries to pick up the pan by the hot handle.)

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Servings:

2Tbsps

unsalted butter 118milliliters

sliced shallots 454grams

thin spear asparagus, tough ends snapped off, spears cut diagonally into 1-inch lengths 6larges

eggs 177milliliters

ricotta cheese (can sub cottage cheese)1teaspoons

salt 1Tbsp

minced fresh chives 0teaspoons

dried tarragon 237milliliters

shredded Gruyere or Swiss cheese (can sub an Italian blend)

Recommended wine: Sparkling Wine

Sparkling Wine are my top picks for Frittata. Even if you aren't making mimosas, sparkling wine is great with eggs for two reasons. One, if you're eating eggs early in the day, sparkling wine has less alcohol. Secondly, it cleanses the palate, which is important since yolk is known to coat the palate. You could try Charles Heidsieck Vintage Brut. Reviewers quite like it with a 5 out of 5 star rating and a price of about 94 dollars per bottle.