Smoked mackerel and cabbage frittata

Serves: 6
Course: Starter
Cooking Time: 0 hr 20 mins
Ingredients
  • 1tbs butter
  • A little olive oil
  • 1 red onion, peeled and sliced
  • 3 leaves of Savoy cabbage, trimmed and shredded
  • 8 cooked baby potatoes, unpeeled and thickly sliced
  • 1tbs horseradish sauce
  • 6 free-range eggs
  • Salt and black pepper
  • 2 fillets of smoked mackerel, skin and bones removed
  • A good pinch of grated cheddar cheese

1 Heat the oven to 200 degrees.

2 Melt the butter with the olive oil in a non-stick oven-proof frying pan.

3 Add the onion and cabbage, then cook for five minutes over a gentle heat.

4 Add the potatoes and continue to cook for a minute or so.

5 Put the horseradish sauce into a bowl, crack the eggs on top and beat with the salt and pepper.

6 Turn the heat up in the pan, then add the eggs. Mix everything carefully together with a spatula, scraping the bottom of the pan in a gentle motion for a minute or two as the egg sets.

7 Place the pieces of mackerel evenly over the top of the eggs and scatter the cheese over everything.

8 Put in the oven and bake for 12 minutes or so, until the egg is set and the top is golden. You can turn this out or slice it directly from the pan. It is best eaten warm.

Paul Flynn

Paul Flynn

Paul Flynn is a chef, restaurateur and contributor to The Irish Times. He and his wife, Máire, run the Tannery restaurant and cookery school in Dungarvan, Co Waterford