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Egg Dishes: Frittata
No. 205. Frittata di funghi (Mushroom Omelette) Ingredients: Mushrooms, butter, eggs, bread crumbs, Parmesan, marjoram, garlic.
Clean four or five mushrooms, cut them up, and put them into a frying-pan with one and a half ounce of butter, a clove of garlic with two cuts in it, and a little salt; fry them lightly till the mushrooms are nearly cooked, and then take out the garlic. In the meantime beat up separately the yolks and the whites of two or three eggs, add a little crumb of bread soaked in water, a tablespoonful of grated Parmesan, and two leaves of marjoram; go on beating all up until the crumb of bread has become entirely absorbed by the eggs, then pour this mixture into the frying pan with the mushrooms, mix all well together and make an omelette in the usual way.
No. 206. Frittata con con Pomidoro (Tomato Omelette) Ingredients: Eggs, tomatoes, butter, marjoram, parsley, spice. Peel two tomatoes and take out the seeds; then mix them with an ounce of butter, chopped marjoram, parsley, and a tiny pinch of spice.
Add three eggs beaten up (the yolks and whites separately), and make an omelette. No. 207. Frittata con Asparagi (Asparagus Omelette) Ingredients: Eggs, asparagus, butter, ham, herbs, cheese.
Blanch a dozen heads of asparagus and cook them slightly, then cut them up and mix with two ounces of butter, bits of cut-up ham, herbs, and a tablespoonful of grated Parmesan. Add them to three beaten-up eggs and make an omelette.
No. 208. Frittata con erbe (Omelette with Herbs) Ingredients: Eggs, onions, sorrel, mint, parsley, asparagus, marjoram, salt, pepper, of grated Parmesan, chopped butter.
Chop a little sorrel, a small bit of onion, mint, parsley, marjoram, and fry in two ounces of butter, add some cut-up asparagus, salt, and pepper. Then add three eggs beaten up and a little grated cheese, and make your omelette.
No. 209. Frittata Montata (Omelette Soufflé) Ingredients: Eggs, Parmesan, pepper, parsley.
Beat up the whites of three eggs to a froth and the yolks separately with a tablespoonful parsley, and a little pepper.
Then mix them and make a light omelette.
No. 210. Frittata di Prosciutto (Ham Omelette) Ingredients: Eggs, ham, Parmesan, mint, pepper, clotted cream.
Beat up three eggs and add to them two tablespoonsful of clotted cream, one tablespoonful of chopped ham, one of grated Parmesan, chopped mint and a little pepper, and make the omelette in the usual way.