One of the famed dishes hailing from Italy, frittata are an egg based dish that is somewhat like a crust-less quiche. It tastes amazing as you can always customize what goes into it and is also one of the easier dishes you can take out to surprise someone when it’s a short notice invitation.
In this recipe, spaghetti elements are incorporated into the traditional frittata to bring out the best of both dishes. Fritatta are a main dish in any Italian food in Bangkok , so you can bring that to your table now.
Ingredients needed
- 0.5 lbs of spaghetti (cooked per your usual steps)
- 6 beaten eggs
- 2 slices of bacon/ Chicken bacon chopped to pieces
- 0.5cups of shredded mozzarella (and additional for garnishing)
- 2 tablespoons of chopped parsley (and additional for garnishing)
- 0.5 cup of grated parmesan (and additional for garnishing)
- Salt and pepper
Get the oven going at 350 Fahrenheit degrees right from the start as it will only take a small time to get the ingredients prepared. Grab your largest oven proof skillet, and then fry the chopped bacon until it becomes crispy (use medium heat only).
Usually this will take around 5-6 minutes to get to the right crispy texture. Then grab a medium sized bowl and whisk the eggs, mozzarella, parmesan, and the parsley.
Add the salt and pepper for seasoning this mixture. Grab the spaghetti, put the cooked bacon and toss until it’s mixed together well. add the raw egg mixture on top of the this mixture, add some extra cheese and cook for around 3-5 minutes at medium heat. Then put the skillet in the oven with the cooked ingredients and bake for around 10mminutes.
If you do not own a skillet that can go in the oven, then simply transfer the cooked spaghetti into a large baking pan. But make sure that you do not disturb the cooked ingredients, and especially if you have put cheese on top.
You can also use a different type of spaghetti, but if you are using some of the larger sized spaghetti types then you might have to crush them before boiling. You can also add different types of vegetables, and some fruits, along with varying spices, herbs and meats to make this dish.
The beauty and ease of this dish will allow you to make it differently every time so that ti does not become the same dish at the dinner table for your family.
This is another reason that you can see this dish worldwide, even in a rooftop restaurant Bangkok. When you are serving this dish, slice the baked frittata and garnish with the cheeses and the parsley.
At the end the finished product should have the bacon on the bottom with the cooked spaghetti in the middle with the eggs and cheese layer on the topmost