Bon Appétit EGGS  -  HOLIDAYS & SEASONS
RECIPE NAME:  CHRISTMAS FRITTATA 
RECIPE BY: Radha, Princeton, USA  -  radha@prozac.cwru.edu
SERVING SIZE: 2
PREPARATION TIME: 30 minutes
Radha wrote:" While eating at a greasy spoon on my way to work today. I had an idea. I am thinking of a way to make a nice Christmas Breakfast so, off the top of my head, here is a recipe. Sorry about the vague quantities."
 INGREDIENTS:
3 - eggs separated
- small chunks feta cheese -
- lots fresh baby spinach -
- - garlic -
- - butter -
1 - plum tomato peeled and diced
- - lemon juice -
- - fresh basil -
 
DIRECTIONS:
  •  Sauté fresh spinach with garlic in a smidgen of olive oil.
  • When leaves are wilted, add feta cheese chunks.
  • Move all to small  omelet pan.
  • Beat egg whites with a teaspoon of cold water. Add to spinach and feta, and cook as for a frittata.
  • In the mean time, make a blender hollandaise out of the yolks, butter and lemon juice (room-temp yolks and lemon juice in the blender, heat butter in sauce pan till bubbly and slowly stream into egg mixture. Add a little paprika, salt and white pepper to taste).
  • Meanwhile, the frittata should be cooked. Make sure it is slightly golden in color.
  • Season with salt and white pepper to taste.
  • Remember feta is quite salty, so be careful with the salt.
  • Serve frittata with a small mound of fresh tomato in the center, decorated with a chiffonade of basil, and surrounded by a small pool of hollandaise.
Notes: Radha wrote;" You got the white egg, the green spinach and basil, and the red tomato. Add a little yellow hollandaise to make the day a little sunnier. All the traditional Christmas colors. That and a mug of coffee with a little brandy added would make me a happy camper. "

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