Dinner · 20 min · Amounts not specified
Ham frittata
The last of the ham. Eggs set the pan. Don't overcook or it weeps.
The sheet · 4 wedges · 20 min
easyWhy tonight. The last of the ham. Eggs set the pan. Don't overcook or it weeps.
What it needs
Nothing confirmed on your shelf yet — this list is the whole ask.
- ham
- eggs
- cheddar
- onion
Good if you have them, fine if you do not: thyme.
Method
- Ham fried hard first so the edges crisp and the fat renders. Warmed-through ham in eggs tastes of nothing.
- Onion in that fat until soft.
- Eggs and cheddar beaten with pepper and only a little salt — the ham is already salty and this is where it goes wrong.
- Low heat, edges pulled in, then two minutes under a broiler. Out while the center still moves.
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.
An educational plan from a curated corpus. Not a nutrition, allergen, or doneness guarantee.
Cook or pour it, then edit the shelf if you emptied a bottle or used the last of something.
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Published minimums for what is in this
These are published minimums, not doneness preferences and not a verdict about any particular piece of food. Ground meat sits above whole cuts of the same animal because grinding moves the surface through the middle — the species is not the reason.
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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
- ham
- Salt-cured and already seasoned, so whatever it goes into needs less salt than it would otherwise.
- eggs
- The cheapest way to turn a side dish into dinner.
- cheddar
- Sharpness plus melt. Aged cheddar tastes like more and melts like less, so a dish that wants both usually wants a mix — grate it, do not slice it, and take the pan off the heat before it goes in.
- onion
- The base under most of this library.
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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Day-after stuffing logic without a waffle iron. Eggs set the bread; cheese on top.
Next
Cook it, then tell the shelf what you used.
The ranking is only as honest as the shelf behind it. Empty the cream, and everything that leaned on cream should stop being offered.