Frittata Recipe – Frittata with Chorizo and Caramelised Onions. Copyright © 2022 Terence Carter / Grantourismo. All Rights Reserved.

Frittata Recipe with Chorizo and Caramelised Onions for Weekend Eggs

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This frittata recipe with chorizo and caramelised onions is a great weekend eggs recipe, perfect for breakfast with a crunchy baguette or brunch with a light salad, and it will leave you with leftovers that are great warmed up or served at room temperature.

My chorizo and caramelised onions frittata recipe makes a fantastic Weekend Eggs dish that’s perfect for breakfast with a crunchy baguette or brunch with a light salad, and it will leave you with leftovers that are great warmed up or served at room temperature.

Of my favourite recipes for baked egg dishes, I much prefer to make this frittata recipe over a quiche recipe any day. It is way simpler and there’s no need to fuss about with pastry.

If you live in a warm climate like we do, working with pastry requires cooling down a room before the pastry resembles a melted clock from Salvador Dalí’s The Persistence of Memory.

If you’re a regular reader of Grantourismo, my love of chorizo with eggs is no secret. I’ve made both huevos revueltos con chorizo and huevos con chorizo for my Weekend Eggs series on breakfast dishes from around the world.

Let me tell you more about this frittata recipe with chorizo and caramelised onions, the latest recipe in our Weekend Eggs series.

Frittata Recipe with Chorizo and Caramelised Onions for Weekend Eggs

Living in Cambodia, we tend to eat Asian style eggs mostly, whether it’s a Chinese influenced crab omelette or Cambodian saom omelette, or banh mi op la, a Hoi An-style Vietnamese sandwich with an omelette.

And we’ve increasingly been exploring Asian-style breakfast egg dishes for Weekend Eggs.

But despite living in Southeast Asia, with so many wonderful things to eat on our doorstep, we still get cravings for European food, and when we do it tends to be Spanish or Italian.

The unique flavour of this frittata recipe, which is essentially an Italian crustless quiche, is the caramelised onions cooked in the amazing oil of the Spanish chorizo.

It’s also an easy recipe because of the fact that there’s no flipping the frittata – something even experienced chefs get nervous about. This is one of the differences between this and a Spanish tortilla which requires the ‘plate over pan technique’ to flip the tortilla to cook what was the top of the tortilla.

Finishing it in the pan in the oven also gives the frittata a lighter texture than having flipped it over and back again, which tends to make a tortilla slightly denser.

Just a few tips for making this chorizo and caramelised onions frittata recipe.

Tips to Making this Frittata Recipe with Chorizo and Caramelised Onions

The texture of the egg mixture is important and the addition of the milk is not to ‘pad out’ the mixture but to add a little ‘lift’ to the frittata as the milk steams off during cooking, creating a little soufflé action. It’s a great trick.

The resulting frittata can be served straight away or you can let it cool a little, but don’t leave it for any longer than one hour out on a bench. We tend to divide it up into serving-sized slices and place it in a plastic container with paper towels between each slice.

Refrigerated, you can keep it for 24 hours. I like to warm it a little before serving. Some people like a cold frittata. But with the chorizo in this frittata recipe, it’s better warmed to let any remaining fat in the sausage warm up.

I really do prefer reheating it in an oven so that it does not go soggy. Just pre-heat the oven fan-forced to 180°C and place the lives in for around 10 minutes. It’s worth the wait.

A little note on cookware. Many Italian chefs use a cast iron skillet for this, however, unless you have that skillet really worn in, there’s a good chance that the frittata will stick.

I prefer a non-stick French skillet, a deep pan that has a stainless-steel handle which are oven safe. Just don’t forget to wear oven gloves when handling it.

Frittata Recipe with Chorizo and Caramelised Onions

Frittata Recipe – Frittata with Chorizo and Caramelised Onions. Copyright © 2022 Terence Carter / Grantourismo. All Rights Reserved.

Frittata Recipe with Chorizo and Caramelised Onions – Weekend Eggs

AuthorTerence Carter
This frittata recipe with chorizo and caramelised onions is a great weekend eggs recipe, perfect for breakfast with a crunchy baguette or brunch with a light salad, and it will leav you with leftovers that are great warmed up or served at room temperature.
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Course Breakfast
Cuisine Italian
Servings made with recipe8
Calories 215 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 tbsp butter
  • 2 brown onions - thinly sliced
  • 1 garlic clove - crushed
  • 80 g fresh chorizo sausage cut into rounds 1 cm wide and then into 8 pieces
  • 8 extra large eggs
  • ½ cup of full fat milk
  • 1 sprinkle of grated Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese
  • 1 bunch of spring onions
  • Mixed salad leaves
  • 1 handfuls of cherry tomatoes
  • 1 splash of classic vinaigrette

Instructions
 

  • Heat a dash of the oil in a medium non-stick oven-safe frying pan over medium heat. Add the chorizo and sweat until they’re slightly coloured and released plenty of oil.
  • Remove the chorizo leaving the oil. Add the rest of the oil and the butter and as it melts add the onions and coat with the chorizo oil and butter mixture. Add a little salt and cover the pot and sweat the onions for 15 to 20 minutes.
  • Remove the lid and lower the heat to as low as possible. Stir the onions then leave until they are dark brown. Add a little more salt.
  • Break the eggs into a bowl and very lightly whisk. Add the milk to combine and add a little salt and pepper and the cheese.
  • Preheat your grill to high. Add the chorizo and gently tip in the eggs and use a silicon spatula to combine the mixture. Cook for 4-5 minutes or until the edges of the frittata start to come away from the pan.
  • Place the frittata under the grill. Cook for a further 5 minutes. The top of the frittata should be set and golden brown. If it’s still a little ‘wobbly’ put some aluminium foil over the top of the frittata and continue to cook until set.
  • Serve slices warm with the mixed salad.

Nutrition

Serving: 1gCalories: 215kcalCarbohydrates: 9.5gProtein: 11.3gFat: 14.3gSaturated Fat: 4.5gPolyunsaturated Fat: 9.8gTrans Fat: 0gCholesterol: 253mgSodium: 239mgFiber: 1.9gSugar: 3.6g

Please do let us know in the comments below if you make this frittata recipe with chorizo and caramelised onions as we’d love to know how it turns out for you.

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Terence Carter is an editorial food and travel photographer and infrequent travel writer with a love of photographing people, places and plates of food. After living in the Middle East for a dozen years, he settled in South-East Asia a dozen years ago with his wife, travel and food writer and sometime magazine editor Lara Dunston.

4 thoughts on “Frittata Recipe with Chorizo and Caramelised Onions for Weekend Eggs”

  1. This was the perfect Sunday Brunch today for the whole family and my kitchen smelled divine.

    I’m eager to use this for part of my picnic feast next weekend.5 stars

  2. My teenagers loved this beautifully light breakfast meal and even had the leftovers for afternoon tea. A big hit that I’ll be making again.5 stars

  3. This worked out so well. I love the fact that the onions get softened in the chorizo oil. Next time I might add some asparagus or peas as well. Like Felicia says, this would be perfect for a picnic, especially with the side salad.5 stars

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