Dinner · 20 min · Amounts not specified
Leftover roast frittata
The point of last night's tray.
The sheet · 4 wedges · 20 min
easyWhy tonight. The point of last night's tray.
What it needs
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- eggs
- roasted vegetables
- onion
- parmesan
Good if you have them, fine if you do not: goat cheese.
Method
- Cold roasted vegetables are ideal here, already seasoned and already dry. Warm them briefly in the pan with the onion.
- Eggs and parmesan beaten with plenty of salt, poured over low heat.
- Pull the setting edges in and tilt so raw egg runs underneath.
- Broiler for two minutes. Out while the middle wobbles, and eaten at room temperature an hour later, which is when a frittata is actually best.
Technique coach
What the method is trying to make happen
Sequence, correction, heat and texture, equipment workarounds, scaling, and component reuse are available with this cook sheet.
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The technique underneath this
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Published minimums for what is in this
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- Eggs and custardEggs Part 2 | Basics with BabishBinging with BabishOmelets and poaching, with the failure modes shown rather than described.Link checked 2026-09-08
- Eggs and custardScrambled Egg Omelet - Food WishesFood WishesScramble against omelet on the same stove, which makes the heat-and-stirring tradeoff visible.Link checked 2026-09-08
- Eggs and custardTruly Foolproof Poached EggsJ. Kenji López-AltPoaching without the wispy strands. The trick is what happens before the egg reaches the water.Link checked 2026-09-08
Why each of these is on the list
What the ingredients are actually doing
- eggs
- The cheapest way to turn a side dish into dinner.
- roasted vegetables
- Last night's tray, which is an ingredient in its own right.
- onion
- The base under most of this library.
- parmesan
- Salt, fat and savory depth in a form that keeps for months.
Missing one of them? The substitutions are written against those jobs rather than against a chart, so they say what each replacement costs this dish in particular.
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Migas
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Next
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