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Zucchini, Tomato and Feta Frittata

Eggs with zucchini and tomato and a little feta, cooked slowly and finished under the grill. Good hot, better warm, fine cold the next day.

Zucchini, Tomato and Feta Frittata. Eggs with zucchini and tomato and a little feta, cooked slowly and finished under the grill. Good hot, better warm, fine cold the next day.
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Prep 15 minCook 30 minServes 4

Ingredients

Why metric?

Metric avoids regional spoon ambiguity. US uses 5 mL tsp, 15 mL tbsp and 240 mL cup. Small masses stay in grams unless a verified recipe conversion exists. More on measurements

  • 8 eggs (408 g)
  • 350 g zucchini, coarsely grated
  • 250 g cherry tomatoes, halved
  • 1 onion, finely sliced (150 g)
  • 90 g feta, crumbled
  • 30 ml extra-virgin olive oil (27 g)
  • 12 g fresh basil, torn
  • 1.5 g iodised table salt
  • Ground black pepper, to taste

Method

  1. Squeeze the grated zucchini hard in a clean tea towel over the sink. It holds a surprising amount of water and a wet frittata never sets properly in the middle.
  2. Warm the oil in a 24 cm ovenproof pan over medium-low heat and cook the onion for 8 minutes, then the zucchini for 3 minutes more.
  3. Beat the eggs with the salt and pepper and pour them over. Scatter the tomatoes and feta on top and cook 8-10 minutes on low, until the edges are set and only the centre wobbles.
  4. Finish under a hot grill for 3-4 minutes. Take it out while the middle still has the faintest movement; it carries on cooking in the pan.
  5. Rest 5 minutes, tear the basil over and cut into wedges.

Serve

Eggs left deliberately soft are not fully cooked. Guidance is to avoid undercooked egg if you are pregnant, over 70, under 2, or your immune system is low or suppressed — which includes many people on immune-modifying medicines. Cook it until the egg is firm all through: it costs this dish a little tenderness and nothing else.

Tomorrow

Keeps 2 days and is good cold in a lunchbox.

Safety and storage

Keeps
3 days refrigerated below 5°C
Reheat to
steaming hot, at least 60°C

Cool and cover within two hours of cooking; split large amounts into shallow containers so they chill quickly. Reheat until steaming hot, at least 60°C.

Where these temperatures come from