Ham and Cheese Frittata

After Easter what do you do with that left over ham?   At The Carriage House Inn Bed and Breakfast we take great pride in our Legendary Breakfast and try to use seasonal, fresh or, holiday related ingredients when we come up with our signature dishes.  This month’s recipe is a Ham and Cheese Frittata.  We are using the left-over ham from Easter as the inspiration for our dish, but the nice thing about this recipe is that it gives you lots of flexibility to use other ingredients   For example, if you don’t have ham you can use sausage (pre-cook the sausage and drain it first). We use a mild Italian sausage because it gives you a little more taste and flavor over a breakfast sausage.  You could also make a bacon and cheese frittata.   If there is a vegetarian in the family substitute the meat for fresh seasonal vegetables.   Finally, if you want to make this and you don’t want to buy a ham just to make this breakfast just go to the deli in your supermarket and ask them to slice one piece of ham for you about 1/4 inch thick and you will have more than enough ham to make this dish.  This recipe gives you lots of flexibility on the ingredients!

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Ingredients:

• 6 eggs
• 2 Tablespoons half-and-half
• 2 Tablespoons chopped scallions, both green and white portions
• 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
• 1 cup diced, thick slice ham
• 1 cup shredded Swiss cheese
• 2 teaspoons olive oil

In a medium bowl beat eggs, half-and-half, scallions and pepper.  Gently fold in ham and cheese.

In a 9 or 10-inch nonstick skillet with sloping sides heat oil over low heat.  Pour egg mixture into skillet.

Cook 3-5 minutes lifting edges occasionally to allow uncooked egg mixture to flow to bottom of skillet.  After lifting edges and letting batter run to the pan, put pan into a preheated oven of 350 degrees for another 8-11 minutes until center is firm.   Cut into 6 or 8 wedges.

Can be served warm or at room temperature.

This is a great recipe to try especially if you have a gluten free person in your family or have a gluten free person visiting!