Froga tat-Tarja Maltese Pasta Frittata with spicy Eco-friendly Pesto
by eat within my kitchen
A couple of days ago, my boyfriend told my relating to this Maltese classic from his childhood days: Froga tat-Tarja. a golden pan fried pasta omelette. This is actually the essence of Southern comfort food, it really works throughout the year, however i included some spicy eco-friendly pesto which gave it a brand new spring feel. I have to admit that my primary plan was to choose tulsi pesto but my little Mediterranean kitchen plant looked too sad. I can tell it trying so difficult (and hopelessly) to develop more leaves and so i couldn’t bring myself to tear up and then leave it naked with simply some slim stalks stuck in to the soil.
I additionally had some rucola left and may have easily switched that into an aromatic pesto but imaginable what went down next, ramp found mind of course at the moment of the year and all sorts of other eco-friendly pesto options were kicked in a moment. It’s garlicky spiciness coupled with its really short season allow it to be simply irresistible in my experience. If you have eco-friendly pesto, some eggs and leftover pasta laying around inside your kitchen, whisk it together, throw it inside a pan just like a pancake and fry until golden brown. Wonderfully easy comfort cooking, because of the leftovers!
Froga tat-Tarja Maltese Pasta Frittata with spicy Eco-friendly Pesto
leftover spaghetti or capelli di angelo, cold, 120g / 4 1/4oz
organic eggs, beaten, 2
ramp pesto, or other eco-friendly pesto, 1 heaped tablespoon plus much more for that topping
(recipe here )
salt 1/2 teaspoon
black peppercorns, crushed inside a mortar, to taste
parmesan, grated, for that topping
essential olive oil
Whisk the eggs, salt, pepper and pesto and blend using the pasta. Heat a a little essential olive oil in a tiny pan (21cm / 8″) and fry the egg pasta as an omelette until golden brown on sides. Sprinkle with parmesan and a bit more pesto, season with pepper and salt to taste and serve immediately.