Gianluigi Cuccureddu

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Ancient Roman recipe: Frittata

To get started, this recipe is really easy and so tasty!

As you will read in other recipes I will post, honey was one of the basic ingredients of the Romans (and other ancient civilisations).
Honey was the sweetener and has healthy benefits, therefore it was used widely in many different dishes and drinks.


Ingredients for four persons:
*Pepper
*Cup of milk
*Four eggs
*Three tablespoons of honey

Make a homogeneous mixture of the four eggs and the milk.
Heat the pan and pour the mixture in it.
Fry the frittata only on one side, make sure the upperside is well-fried.
Turn it on your plate and pour the honey on the frittata and finish it with pepper.

Do vary and test with the amount of honey, the Ancients did use much more honey per dish than we are used to, but I guess we aren’t used to the sweet taste of honey anymore.

I do advice to use biological honey, which taste is much richer than ‘normal’ honey and of course the bees are treated in their natural way of living.

Enjoy!

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  alfonso wrote @ June 30, 2009 at 01:08

forwarded to wifey …will taste it soon …thanks!

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  Gianluigi Cuccureddu wrote @ June 30, 2009 at 08:09

Let me know what you think of it.

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  Francesco Cuccureddu wrote @ July 3, 2009 at 00:12

This recipe is SO good! Made it quite often instead of the usual fried egg. It suprised me to find a recipe with egg and honey, but it’s very full and rich of taste. Just try..!

As for the quantity of honey. Take enough to cover the whole frittata with a nice layer. Don’t exaggerate, as you’ll only taste the honey.

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  G. van der Heide wrote @ July 7, 2009 at 22:32

Nice recipe. Prepared it just yesterday and served it with some pasta and salad. Very much like it’s minimalistic approach. I’m also reminded here of the fact that (natural) honey can in many cases serve as a replacement for sugar – something I like to take a closer look at. Thanks.

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