I forgot to mention that this summer, in addition to being the summer of food, fairies, and moving, it is ALSO the summer of the margarita. I can’t believe I’ve forgotten this because let’s be honest I REALLY love margs, and margsing outside in the sunshine and heat is a delightful afternoon pastime. Anyway, onto the meal at hand...
Last night we closed the show (The Savoy Companies production of G&S’s Iolanthe) I will be finding glitter in and around my person, house, car etc for the next several months/year/eons. It was a bittersweet ending, mostly because we didn’t get to perform the second half, but I digress. Earlier in the week I’d discussed with my bestie and partner in crime Mairin (or Mai) and as she was coming to the show and staying at my house we decided to make an Apple and Gorgonzola Frittata (mainly because I still had gorgonzola from the fruit and gorgonzola salad). Frittata’s originate in Italy and are typically an egg dish with at least one ingredient (thanks Wikipedia!)
The recipe is from tasteofhome.com and was submitted by Harry Renniger. The recipe calls for the following:
- 4 eggs – check
- Heavy whipping cream – check
- Salt and pepper – check check
- Tart apple – check, well we used a Macintosh (harhar) apple which is actually more sweet than tart but nbd.
- Lemon juice – check
- Onion – check
- Celery – check
- Olive oil – check
- Garlic clove – check
- Gorgonzola cheese – check
With the ingredients in hand and a spectacular sous chef we were ready to begin. I had Mai do a lot of the fine chopping, which was sort of a cop-out since I’m not terribly spectacular at fine chopping but it got the job done and after a night of dancing we were hungry so the quicker the better. Everything went smoothly, and it was easy with this recipe to clean as we cooked so it was nice that at the end there wasn’t a lot clean-up left to do. Next time I would use a smaller pan (I used my largest and that did the job but I’d use a slightly smaller one.) I’d also probably leave the eggs to “set” longer before putting them into the oven to broil and finish.
No music while cooking today, since I had the company of one of my dearest friends, that girl is funny, smart, wonderful, talented, can I gush anymore?
End result was great! I’d really prefer better produce than Acme can provide (sort of makes me long for Wegman’s, or Trader Joes, or Wholefoods) but in a month I won’t be going to that Acme anymore. Anyway, the apple and the gorgonzola played off each other lovely. I couldn’t really taste the onions and the celery but I think that was part of the point of the whole thing. It was a filling bruchfest. I will definitely be making this one again.
I’m going to give this a + 5 for a delightful morning meal. + 8 for the amazing company of my best friend. + 8 for simple clean-up! Overall it was great! It’s crazy how quickly I am falling in love with the kitchen.
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