Squash Omelet

Fritada de Kalavasa

Preparation info
  • Serves

    6

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Sephardic Flavors: Jewish Cooking of the Mediterranean

By Joyce Goldstein

Published 2000

  • About

Fritada is related in name and style to the better-known Italian frittata. While this version adds bread for thickening, other recipes use mashed potatoes or a little cheese to firm up the omelet, in the style of the encusa or almodrote, and some use only eggs to bind, as in a classic omelet. I have taken the liberty of adding dill to the basic recipe, as it fits with the flavor profile and is used in a zucchini almodrote recipe. Mint would also be a nice