Green Apple, Cheese and Chard Oven Omelet

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Green Apple, Cheese and Chard Oven Omelet
Call them frittatas or oven omelets, baking eggs with a sauté or filling is much easier than fussing with a traditional omelet. Instead of the gymnastics involved in cooking and rolling a perfect folded omelet out of the pan, you put everything together, put it in the oven and set a timer. This oven omelet comes off more like a pizza than an omelet with its cheesy greens and garlic. The shards of tart green apple are totally unexpected and a great accent. This is portable food, good for potlucks, boat rides and office lunches. Use a skillet with an ovenproof handle, and be careful when setting it out, the handle will be hot. Excellent hot or at room temperature. Reheats well. Deborah’s remarks: We mess around with this prep all harvest long, taking advantage of every leafy green coming our way. Making sure to retain the apple and the nutmeg gives it a signature. We might effect the baking in the cool of the morning in order to turn off the oven for the day.
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Ingredients
  1. 1 bunch (5 stalks) chard, stems and leaves separated
  2. Good tasting extra-virgin olive oil
  3. 2 medium onions, cut into 1-inch dice
  4. Salt and fresh-ground black pepper
  5. 1 large garlic clove, minced
  6. 1/4 cup water
  7. 1/2 of a large Granny Smith apple, peeled, cored and cut into 1/2-inch dice
  8. 5 large eggs
  9. 3/4 cup milk
  10. 1/8 teaspoon fresh-grated nutmeg
  11. 1/8 teaspoon salt
  12. 1/8 teaspoon fresh-ground black pepper
  13. 1 cup fresh grated Parmigiano-Reggiano, Asiago or Fontinella cheese
  14. 1 cup shredded Muenster or Monterey Jack cheese
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350ºF.
  2. Chop the chard stems into 1-inch pieces, then chop the leaves the same way.
  3. Film a 10-inch skillet (with an ovenproof handle) with oil, and heat over medium high.
  4. Add the onions, chard stems, and a little salt and pepper.
  5. Sauté them to golden brown.
  6. Stir in the garlic and chard leaves in 2 batches.
  7. As the first batch wilts, add the second. Add the water and stir over medium high until the leaves look like cooked spinach and the liquid is evaporated.
  8. Stir in the apples and remove the pan from the heat.
  9. Beat together the eggs, milk, nutmeg, salt, pepper, and 2/3 of each of the cheeses.
  10. Pour the mixture over the cooked greens.
  11. Sprinkle with the remaining cheeses, cover with foil, and bake for 30 minutes.
  12. Uncover and bake 10 to 15 minutes more, or until a knife inserted in the center comes out with only a few bits of creamy egg and cheese clinging to it.
  13. Let the omelet stand 5 to 10 minutes before cutting it into wedges.
Notes
  1. Variation: Spanish Paprika-Potato Oven Omelet
  2. Follow the recipe as written, substituting for the chard 1 medium to large red-skinned potato sliced as thin as potato chips, and use only 1 medium onion sliced into thin rings.
  3. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Sauté them in the olive oil until the potato is tender.
  4. Sprinkle the potatoes with a tablespoon of mild Spanish paprika. As directed above, blend together the eggs, milk, and cheese. Pour the mix into the pan, lifting the potatoes so the custard covers the bottom of the pan. Cover with foil and bake as above.
Adapted from Used with permission
Adapted from Used with permission
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