Name: Pasta Frittata with Tomato Sauce
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 1 × 400 g tin chopped tomatoes; 1 tbsp vegetable oil; 300 g short pasta, cooked; a small handful of basil, leaves torn; a small knob of unsalted butter (optional); salt and black pepper to season; 2 tbsp vegetable oil; a pinch of caster sugar (optional); 70 g mature Cheddar, grated; 1 small red chilli, finely chopped (optional); 4 large eggs; 1 tsp tomato purée; 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped; 40 ml whole milk; 1 onion, diced

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The Vegetarian Kitchen

By Prue Leith and Peta Leith

Published 2019

About

My father always used to make this when I was a child, and my brothers and I adored it. It’s a great way of getting kids who want to eat nothing but pasta to eat something a little more nutritious, as they get the added benefit of the eggs, but it’s still enough of a cheesy pasta-fest to keep them happy. My toddler daughter Luna absolutely loves it, and it’s perfect finger food for babies if you cut it into small squares. As an adult it has lost none of its appeal! It is also a really handy