Lee’s Caramelised Onion & Ricotta Frittata

Caramelised Onion and Ricotta Frittata

Caramelised Onion and Ricotta Frittata

By: Lee Holmes

Enjoy this frittata fresh out of the oven or serve with a crunchy green leaf salad.


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Ingredients

  • 2½ tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
  • 3 large onions, sliced
  • 1 tbsp chopped rosemary leaves
  • 8 eggs
  • Salt & pepper, to season
  • ½ cup ricotta

Method


  • Heat 2 tbsp olive oil in medium frying pan.
  • Sauté onion and rosemary over low heat until onion is sweet and browned, about 8–10 mins.
  • Whisk eggs lightly in a bowl, then season with sea salt and freshly ground black pepper.
  • Scrape caramelised onion into bowl and stir to combine.
  • Wipe frying pan clean with paper towel, add remaining olive oil and place over very low heat.
  • Pour egg and onion mixture back into pan and stir in ricotta, cooking for about 8 mins, or until eggs are no longer runny.
  • For puffy top, place frittata under preheated grill for a few minutes, until it’s puffed, golden and crisp.
  • To serve, gently slide spatula underneath frittata to loosen, then turn out onto warm plate. Cut into slices and enjoy.

  

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Lee Holmes

Lee Holmes

Lee Holmes is a nutritionist, yoga and meditation teacher, wholefoods chef, Lifestyle Food Channel’s Healthy Eating Expert, blogger and author of the best-selling books Supercharged Food: Eat Your Way to Health, Supercharged Food: Eat Yourself Beautiful, Eat Clean, Green and Vegetarian, Heal your Gut, Eat Right for Your Shape and Supercharged Food for Kids.

Lee’s food philosophy is all about S.O.L.E. food: sustainable, organic, local and ethical. Her main goal is to alter the perception that cooking fresh, wholesome, nutrient-rich meals is difficult, complicated and time-consuming. From posting recipes, her passion to share her autoimmune disease story and help others has snowballed and the blog has recently taken home the overall prize at the Bupa Health Influencer Awards as well as the best blog in the Healthy Eating category. She also runs a four-week online Heal Your Gut program.

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