frittata

plural frittatas · plural frittate

1. countableuncountableA crustless quiche: a molded omelette in which vegetables, cheese, etc., are mixed into the eggs and cooked together.

   The classic Italian egg pie, the frittata is an attractive dish that requires no fancy rolling or split-second timing... Much of the preparation for most frittate can be done in advance[.]

   1998, Mark Bittman, How to Cook Everything, page 740

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   It was in Giulia Vannoni’s grey Martello tower, on an island off the coast of France, sitting at a marble-topped table eating frittata and drinking Aperol, the honey-coloured aperitif of Florence, that Sydney Tremaine began to believe once more in happiness—as bizarre and unlikely a time and place as any, in which to believe in such a thing again.

   2011, Jill Downie, chapter 5, in Daggers and Men’s Smiles (A Moretti and Falla Mystery; 1), Toronto, Ont.: Dundurn, →ISBN, pages 99–100

   Synonyms: Spanish omelette