Harissa and goat’s cheese frittata, or, what to cook when you don’t feel like eating

The finished dish (Note to self: must learn to take pics in landscape, not portrait)

Hello, I’m Kate.  I live in Canterbury, and in other times I wrote blogs on theatre and travel – both somewhat on hold at the moment. Still, at least we can still eat. Well, mostly:


Recently I find myself wishing the government’s daily press conferences were held earlier in the day, to give me a bit more recovery time before dinner. There’s something about being reminded of the reality of our situations that saps my appetite. I could of course try to ignore them, but I used to be a TV journalist, and old habits die hard. And there’s a good chance that the not knowing might feel worse. There has to be some good news out of them eventually, surely?


Yesterday’s felt particularly bad, surrounded as it was by a grim roll-call of favourite restaurants – some of them run by people I consider friends – shutting down until God knows when. But, not eating does no good, so what to cook when you can’t be bothered but still need something good enough to tempt you into eating? Well, it was a fluke of meal planning, but this frittata fitted the bill nicely.


For one or two people (depending on hunger levels and what you’re serving it with), you need:


Half an onion
4 eggs
Harissa
Goat’s cheese (60g-ish, depending on how much you want)


Slice and fry the onions until soft (no photo of this bit as you all know what this looks like), then add the harissa, I used about a tablespoon. The egg tamps down the heat a lot, so don’t worry if it looks like a too much.

Harissa and onions get to know each other

Beat the eggs and add to the pan, cook for a few minutes, until the bottom in cooked but the top still liquid. Sprinkle on chunks of goat’s cheese, then place under the grill until the top is cooked and puffed up.

Oddly angled photo, as I am short and can barely see into my own grill

Serve with any form of veg/salad/bread/whatever you have managed to secure from the current shopping madness.


You can probably adapt this to fit whatever you have. Chilli sauce or chilli flakes would probably work instead of the harissa, and you could use grated hard cheese instead of goat’s cheese.