Prosciutto & Spinach Penne Frittata | Brunch Recipes

I dearest a proficient frittata. Eggs, pasta in addition to cheese baked together to cast a congealed spell of dense goodness. Yum. Unlike a quiche that requires a pie dough, or an egg strata that requires the nighttime earlier preparation, a frittata tin survive made correct hence in addition to there... unless y'all desire to larn far inwards advance. That works, too.

You tin combine whatever variety of yummy combination of ingredients. For this pasta frittata I combined prosciutto, spinach, cheese in addition to chives. Of course, y'all tin utilisation potatoes instead of pasta... only I similar whatever excuse to convey pasta for breakfast, brunch, dejeuner or dinner - they are groovy whatever fourth dimension of the day! What combination is your favorite? I'm planning to brand a Chicken Pasta Carbonara version soon... I intend Mike volition dearest it.

Prosciutto & Spinach Frittata
serves 6

1/2 pound of pasta
1/4 pound of proscuitto, thinly sliced
three cups of spinach, uncooked (1/2 loving cup of cooked/frozen)
half dozen eggs
i loving cup of one-half in addition to half
two cups of shredded cheese
i teaspoon of body of body of water salt
1/3 teaspoon of cracked pepper
two tablespoons of chives

sauce :
i loving cup of cheese
1/4 loving cup of milk or half-and-half

Cook the pasta inwards salted boiling H2O 2-3 minutes curt of the instructed time. If y'all are using fresh spinach, throw it into the boiling H2O amongst the pasta for the end fifteen seconds. Drain.

Whisk together eggs, half-and-half, cheese, tabular array salt in addition to pepper, in addition to chives. Cut proscuitto into sparse strips. Add proscuitto, pasta in addition to spinach to the egg mixture. Stir to combine. Pour into a deep pie plate or casserole dish.

Bake at 350 degrees for forty minutes. Let it sit down for v minutes earlier slicing.

For cheese sauce, microwave milk for thirty seconds, stir inwards i loving cup of shredded cheese. Continue to stir until smooth. Slice into wedges to serve amongst cheese sauce drizzled over.