Half and Half Pasta Omelet
- 6 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon plus 1 tablespoon fine sea salt
- Grinding of black pepper
- 1 1/2 cups (6 ounces) grated zucchini
- 1 medium-size carrot, grated
- 1 1/2 cups (6 ounces) cubed Italian Fontina cheese
- 1/8 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
- 3 tablespoons minced fresh mint leaves
- 3 quarts water
- 6 ounces plain fettuccine, homemade or store-bought
- 6 ounces spinach fettuccine, homemade or store-bought
- 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
- 2 tablespoons butter
- Crack three of the eggs into each of two large bowls.
- Stir 1/2 teaspoon of the salt, and a grinding of black pepper into each bowl.
- Stir the zucchini into one bowl and the carrot into the other.
- Divide equally and stir the cheese into each bowl.
- Stir the nutmeg into the carrot mixture and the mint into the zucchini mixture.
- Set the bowls aside.
- In a pasta pot with an insert bring the water to a boil.
- Add the 1 tablespoon of salt and the plain fettucine.
- Cook for only 2 to 3 minutes for fresh or follow the directions on the package for commercially prepared, being careful to cook the fettucine at dente.
- With a pasta scoop, drain the fettucine from the water, shaking off the excess and transfer it to the bowl with the zucchini mixture.
- Toss the ingredients gently together and set aside.
- In the same pot, cook the spinach fettucine until at dente and drain with a pasta scoop, shaking off the excess water.
- Transfer the fettucine to the bowl with the carrot mixture and toss well.
- Set aside.
- In a large (12-inch) nonstick saute pan, heat together 2 tablespoons of the olive oil and 1 tablespoon of the butter.
- Make sure the oil and butter evenly coat the bottom of the pan.
- Transfer the plain fettucine mixture to one half of the pan, smoothing out the top so it is even.
- Pour the spinach fettucine mixture in the other half of the pan next to the plain fettucine and smooth the top.
- Make sure the two types of fettucine meet in the center of the pan.
- Cook over medium heat until the frittata easily moves away from the sides of the pan and moves freely when the pan is shaken.
- Place a serving dish, pizza pan, or rimless baking sheet larger than the diameter of the saute pan over the top and carefully invert the frittata onto the dish or pan.
- Set aside.
- Return the saute pan to the heat.
- Add the remaining 2 tablespoons olive oil and 1 tablepoon butter and when it is hot, slide the undercooked side of the frittata back into the pan and cook the other side.
- Invert the frittata once it is cooked onto a serving dish.
- Let cool slightly, then cut into wedges to serve.
eggs, salt, black pepper, zucchini, carrot, cheese, nutmeg, mint leaves, water, spinach fettuccine, extra virgin olive oil, butter
Taken from www.cookstr.com/recipes/half-and-half-pasta-omelet (may not work)