VEGETABLE FRITTATA WITH PANCETTA

Vegetable Frittata with Pancetta image

Provided by Carolyn Haas

Categories Eggs

Time 25m

Number Of Ingredients 16

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4 eggs, lightly beaten
1-2 Tbsp sour cream, lite or plain yogurt
1 tsp herb mixture (italian seasoning works)
1/4 tsp ground pepper, or to taste
1/4 tsp sea salt, or to taste
1/4 tsp smoked paprika
1/4 c feta cheese, crumbled
1-2 spritz of cooking spray or olive oil
4 oz pancetta, minced
1/2 c onion, chopped
1/2 c yellow, red or green bell pepper
1 fresh jalapeño, seeded and minced
1 c zucchini, quartered and sliced
1 tsp minced garlic
1 c left-over hash brown potatoes
tabasco sauce or other hot sauce to serve

Steps:

1. Preheat oven to 350ºF. In a medium bowl, combine eggs, sour cream, herbal seasoning, paprika, salt and pepper; whisk until well blended. Add 1/2 of the feta cheese, whisk and set aside.
2. In a small, oven-proof skillet over medium heat, spritz with cooking spray and add pancetta. Cook until it starts to crisp; then set aside onto paper toweling.
3. Add onion to skillet and sauté for a couple minutes until starting to soften. Add peppers and zucchini and cook for 3 - 5 minutes. Return pancetta then add garlic; sauté for 1 minute. Do not let garlic brown. Add potatoes and a few splashes of hot sauce, if desired. Stir everything together gently and cook until potatoes are heated through, about 2 minutes.
4. Lower heat and pour egg mixture into skillet. Stir everything together. Sprinkle the rest of the cheese on top and sprinkle with additional paprika. (Check out NOTE below!!)
5. In a minute or two, when edges appear to become cooked, transfer skillet to oven. Bake until eggs fluff up and center is not completely set - about 8 minutes.
6. Broil for 1 - 2 minutes until cheese is melty. Remove from oven and let sit for a few minutes to firm up If you did not add hot sauce, have it available for individual use.
7. NOTE: If you are making this in a non-oven safe container, it will need to cook longer! I used a glass casserole recently and it needed about 20 minutes.