Greek Frittata with Roasted Potatoes and Pickled Cucumber

Greek Frittata with Roasted Potatoes and Pickled Cucumber

Ready in 40 minutes Serves 2-3
This dish most recently appeared in My Veggie (4 Nights For 2) on Sunday, November 13, 2016.

The pickled vegetables add a nice sharpness to the dish. Make sure you drain them after 10 minutes as the may over pickle and discolour.


Ingredients

ROASTED POTATOES

  • 400g potatoes, scrubbed and diced 2cm
  • 1 tablespoon veggie potato spice mix

PICKLED CUCUMBER

  • ¼ cup vinegar (e.g. white wine, red wine, cider)
  • ¼ cup water
  • 1 ½ tablespoons sugar
  • 1 Lebanese cucumber, cut in half lengthways and finely sliced
  • ½ red onion, finely sliced

GREEK FRITTATA

  • 4 eggs
  • 3 tablespoons milk
  • 3 tablespoons chopped parsley leaves
  • Pinch of salt
  • Pinch of ground black pepper
  • 1 red onion
  • 1 clove garlic
  • 100g roasted red capsicum
  • 1 tomato
  • 30g Kalamata olives
  • 100g feta cheese

TO SERVE

  • 2 tablespoons basil pesto

Steps

  1. oven to 220°C. Line an oven tray with baking paper.
  2. Toss potatoes with potato spice mix and a drizzle of olive oil on prepared tray. Season potatoes with pepper and roast for 20–25 minutes, until golden and cooked through. Turn once during cooking. When potatoes are finished cooking, remove from oven and turn oven to high grill.
  3. While potatoes cook, prepare pickled cucumber. In a medium pot, bring vinegar, water and sugar to the boil. Remove pot from heat and add cucumber and first measure of red onion. Stir to coat, then leave to pickle for 10 minutes. Drain and set aside.
  4. While vegetables pickle, prepare frittata. Whisk eggs, milk, parsley, salt and pepper together in a medium bowl. Set aside. Finely slice second measure of red onion; finely slice garlic; slice roasted red capsicum 1cm; dice tomato 1cm; cut olives in half lengthways.
  5. Heat a drizzle of oil in a medium, oven-proof fry-pan on mediumhigh heat. Cook onion and garlic for 2–3 minutes, until starting to soften. Add roasted red capsicum, tomato and olives and cook for a further 1–2 minutes, until tomato starts to soften.
  6. Reduce heat to low, pour in egg mixture and shake pan gently to distribute egg mixture evenly. Cook for 1–2 minutes, until eggs are starting to set. Crumble over feta and place pan under grill for 4–5 minutes, until frittata is lightly browned and egg is set.
  7. Cut Greek frittata into wedges and divide between plates with a dollop of basil pesto. Serve roasted potatoes and pickled cucumber on the side.

Nutritional Information

Energy 2063 kj
493 kcal
Protein 23.5g
Carbohydrate 44.2g
Fat 23.8g