Winter Squash Frittata

A versatile frittata featuring fall and winter ingredients! You can use butternut, pie pumpkin, acorn, kabocha, or even sweet potatoes. Make this dish for breakfast, lunch, or dinner! Ingredients with an asterisk (*) are available seasonally right here in North Iowa! Click on select ingredients to find them nearby or stop by your local farmer's market.
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
Total Time 55 minutes
Course Breakfast, Brunch, Lunch, Main Course
Cuisine French
Servings 4
Calories 706 kcal

Equipment

  • Kitchen Knife
  • Cast Iron or Oven Safe Pan

Ingredients
  

  • 8 tbsp bacon fat* or other cooking fat
  • 1 winter squash* about 2 lbs, butternut, buttercup, pumpkin, kabocha, etc. Peeled, seeded, and cut into ½ inch cubes
  • salt + pepper
  • nutmeg
  • 2 onions* yellow, small, chopped
  • 1 tbsp sage* minced
  • 8 leaves sage* left whole
  • 10 eggs*
  • 3 tbsp heavy cream
  • 8 oz goat cheese crumbled

Instructions
 

  • Heat 2 tbsp cooking fat in a cast-iron or oven safe pan over medium-high heat. Add the squash and season with salt, pepper, and nutmeg. You may have to split the squash into two batches, with another 2 tbsp cooking fat. Cook until squash begins to soften and brown, ~10 minutes. Transfer it to a bowl.
  • Warm another tbsp of cooking fat in the pan. Cook the onion with salt and pepper until tender, ~7 minutes. Add it to the bowl with the squash.
  • Reduce heat to medium and melt 2 tbsp cooking fat. Add minced sage and cook until bright green, ~2 minutes. Add to bowl with squash and onions. Add the whole sage leaves to the pan and cook for 2 minutes until crisp. Set leaves aside.
  • In a large bowl, whisk together eggs and cream. Add cheese, squash, onion, and minced sage.
  • Preheat your oven broiler. Add 1 tbsp cooking fat to the pan, add the egg mixture and cook for 4 minutes, lifting the edges to let the uncooked eggs flow underneath. Top with the sage leaves, then let cook until eggs are almost set, ~5 minutes. Broil the frittata on high until it sets and puffs up, about 3 minutes.

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Notes

Adapted from Local Dirt

Nutrition

Calories: 706kcalCarbohydrates: 28gProtein: 27gFat: 55gSaturated Fat: 25gPolyunsaturated Fat: 6gMonounsaturated Fat: 21gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 477mgSodium: 421mgPotassium: 922mgFiber: 5gSugar: 7gVitamin A: 21277IUVitamin C: 44mgCalcium: 261mgIron: 5mg
Keyword winter squash