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Pasttata

I have never been the biggest fan of quiches or frittatas. They aren't bad, but I would much rather an omelet or just scrambled eggs any day of the week. To me, it is easier and tastier and so why bother with the extra effort a quiche requires? Similarly, my grandmother used to make a baked egg and pasta dish she called pastair (sp?) pronounced pa-stare, or past - air. I never really liked this all that much either. It was basically baked egg and pasta cooled down and cut into squares. I would hold it in my hand like a brownie and snack on it as a kid with my sister. What I made yesterday for breakfast was sort of a combo of these things that totally changed my mind about their goodness. With components of pastair, frittata, and quiche, this 'pasttata' (he he he) was fantastic, simple, and fun to make! I made it with pretty much all leftovers. I even made a quick breakfast sausage with some leftover ground beef I had in the fridge.
  Herbs and spices for the breakfast sausage ready to be turned into a paste Just keep chopping it up and hitting it with the side of your knife until it forms a chunky paste. Feel free to use a mortar and pestle or food processor. Here is that leftover beef I was telling you about. Pat it down so it is a nice big sausage patty. This will help all the flavors meld overnight.   Now it is the morning and everything is ready! Bacon in, bacon crispy, bacon out. Spoon out some of the rendered fat. We want that flavor, but not ALL of it. YUM sausage.   Some chopped onions in there too. Now remove the sausage and onions and again get rid of most of the fat. Add a small glug of olive oil and swish it around to coat the pan. The pan should be getting really hot right now. You want it hot so the eggy pasta doesn't stick. This is 7 eggs and ¾ pound of pasta. Cooked bacon and sausage in. Also cheese and parsley. Pan needs to be nice and hot and covered in oil and/or bacon and sausage fat. Patted down We finally have a pan that can also go in the oven! 350. 35 minutes or so. This was seriously soo good. I just finished eating some leftovers and let me tell you. Wow. Make it please. Make it for breakfast if you have people staying with you for holiday things. Or for brunch. It will be a crowd pleaser.      

Pasttata

For:  6 People

Preparation
15 min.
Cooking
45 min.
Ready in
60 min.
  • 4 Slices Bacon
  • 1/2 Pound Breakfast Sausage
  • 2 Cups Shredded Cheese (I used a mix of cheddar, jack, and provolone)
  • 7 Eggs
  • 3/4 Pound Cooked Pasta
  • 1 Small Onion
  • 1/4 Cup Chopped Parsley
  • Salt, Pepper, Paprika, Chile Flake To Taste

Instructions

  1. Mix the eggs with the pasta and the cheese. Preheat the oven to 350.
  2. Cook the bacon, sausage, and onion in a hot large frying pan that can go into the oven.
  3. Remove the stuff from the pan when it is cooked. Drain some of the fat but leave enough to nicely coat the pan.
  4. Stir the meat and onion mixture into the pasta along with the parsley and salt/pepper/etc
  5. Get the pan nice and hot. Add the pasta mixture and get it into the oven asap. Cook about 35 minutes until just set but not dried out.
  6. Allow to sit for 10 minutes before cutting and serving.
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