Sweet Potato Frittata

[judydawn]

Name of Recipe: Sweet Potato Frittata (I converted this from Nico Moretti's Cooking Passions cookbook)

Number of People: 6 - 8 as a side dish or many more if served cut into 3cm square pieces as finger food.

Ingredients:
50g mozzarella cheese, cut into chunks
50g parmesan cheese, cut into chunks
85g onion, halved
1 clove garlic
2 tsp olive oil
2 eggs
60g arborio rice
1 litre boiling water
75g milk
1 large sweet potato, peeled, squared up the sides and cut into 6 mm slices
1/2 tspn grated lemon rind
2 tblspns chopped parsley
S & P to taste

Preparation:

Line a fluted, loose-bottomed tart tray 33cm x 11cm with baking paper.
Grate the cheeses for 6 sec/speed 8. Set aside.
Beat the eggs 7 sec/speed 5. Set aside.
Pour the boiling water into the TM bowl, place the steaming basket in place, add the rice and cook 10 mins/varoma temp/speed 3. Refresh under cold water and add to the cheeses.
Rinse and wipe the bowl dry, add the onion and garlic.  Chop 2 sec/speed 5.  Add the oil and saute 4 mins/100^o/speed 1.  Add to the rice and cheese.
Line the prepared tray with the sweet potato slices, cutting pieces to fit as best you can.  Sprinkle with S & P.
Finally, mix all the remaining ingredients together and spread evenly over the sweet potato.
Bake 180^o/30 mins.
Filling should be firm and the top golden brown.  Let cool slightly before cutting into squares.


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Tips/Hints:
This is half the recipe in the above book and can easily be doubled.  We had it hot as a side dish but it is delicious cut into tiny squares and eaten cold and would be lovely finger food for a party.


Cottchick: This looks delicious and easy, thank you Judydawn! The mozzarella gives it a lovely whiteness on top.

Johnro: Made this as part of dinner tonight - it was so tasty. DH commented that the could eat it alone. Thanks Judy for posting, another will make this a regular

DM: Yum made this for dinner.  Next time I might steam the sweet potato  while making rice.

Lellyj: I really liked the hint of lemon and the rice.  I made double quantity in a lasagne dish lined with baking paper.  It was great that you didn't have to roast the sweet potato first

annied:I tried this tonight, it was quick, easy and tasty, thinking chopped up shallots and celery would be nice as well.


Farfallina: As you recommended I bought the largest ones I found. I used around 400g potato each time.
Second time I made it I used a small shallot instead of onion. It was like 15g. I liked that too
This gets 5 stars from me! It has already become one of my regulars!

Nicky74: This recipe sounds lovely, do you think you could cook it in the varoma, I have made omelets before, but was wondering if the sweet potato would be cooked enough, I suppose I could steam that first while the rice is cooking! Think I may have answered my own question! Has anyone tried it in the varoma.

I ended up doing it in the oven, and was so delicious that I just made it again this arvo, love the lemon zest in it.

NF: Do you think you could use a mandolin and slice the sweet potatoes that way?

JD: I don't know how thick a mandolin slices things Nighteyes_fitz, if it's close to 6mm I would say yes.

JulieO: We really enjoyed this.  I used up some caramelised onion in place of the normal onion which gave it a lovely flavour. 

[cottchick]

This looks delicious and easy, thank you Judydawn! The mozzarella gives it a lovely whiteness on top.

cottchick

[Cornish Cream]

Keep these potato recipes coming Judy, you are becoming a favourite potato recipe developer in our house.

[judydawn]

Glad you are enjoying them CC - we love potatoes in this house.

[cookie1]

Definitely looks worth making.

[johnro]

JD this was so delicious thank you - we are quite partial to sweet potatoes.  A definite repeat in this household.
Cheers - R 

[farfallina]

Judy how much does it weigh 1 large sweet potato?
If I can find one which is not very common around here I would like to try this recipe
It looks delicious!!

[judydawn]

Sorry farfallina, I didn't weigh it but I know I bought a fairly large one (they are all pretty big, some are fatter than others - get a fat one as it makes the job of covering the bottom of the tin much easier & neater) - you won't use it all therefore the size isn't that important and Nico himself doesn't state the weight of the sweet potato.

[Zan]

oooh lovely, think the kids would love this, make a great lunch box addition. They don't do much potato but do like sweet potato.

[farfallina]

OK then JD. I will buy the largest one that I find in the market 

[Cuilidh]

This looks absolutely delicious, JD, thanks for posting it.  I have a sneaking suspicion this will be featuring at a few of my up-coming Xmas parties over the next couple of weeks, as well as get-togethers during the holidays, as well as lunchtime snacks, as well as ..... well, as well as any excuse I can think of to make it without driving all my friends and family nuts!

[cookie1]

The best thing is that sweet potato is low GI too.

[johnro]

Made this as part of dinner tonight - it was so tasty. DH commented that the could eat it alone. Thanks Judy for posting, another will make this a regular. Cheers - Robyn   

[judydawn]

Thanks Robyn, nice to please the DH.  Hope you are enjoying your break and doing plenty of cooking

[johnro]

Judy I am spending lots of time indoors so it is TMX time. After spending time helping as a result of the floods in Rocky, I am suffering with midges bites, I look like I have chicken pox, a little price compared to the losses of some Rockhampton families.