{"id":2177,"date":"2010-08-25T13:28:31","date_gmt":"2010-08-25T20:28:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marialiberati.com\/?p=2177"},"modified":"2010-08-25T13:28:31","modified_gmt":"2010-08-25T20:28:31","slug":"the-art-of-simplicity-a-frittata","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marialiberati.com\/freshsite\/2010\/08\/25\/the-art-of-simplicity-a-frittata\/","title":{"rendered":"The Art of Simplicity &amp; A Frittata"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>copyright 2010, art of living,PrimaMedia,Inc\/Maria Liberati<br \/>\nSimple ,delicious recipes that use mainly Mother Nature\u2019s Ingredients are my favorite..frittata with mentuccia (mint)\u2026it is a recipe from the days of cucina povere..but the flavor of the mint makes the frittata fragrant\u2026they work so well together (eggs and mint)..it is hard to resist!\u00a0<br \/>\nAnd with a garden full of fresh mint..this was a great excuse to pick some mint\u2026tonight\u2019s frittata for a light dinner on a hot August night under the stars..watching the fireworks in the sky from \u00a0a nearby town celebrating a festa..<br \/>\nSimplicity is an art..and this recipe proves it..so simple yet so delicious<br \/>\nEnjoy,.serve with crusty bread and a glass of Trebbiano or Est!Est!Est! and you will<br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marialiberati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/menta.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline; border: 0px;\" title=\"menta\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marialiberati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/menta_thumb.jpg?resize=244%2C185&#038;ssl=1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"menta\" width=\"244\" height=\"185\" \/><\/a> <\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Frittata con Mentuccia (Egg frittata with mint)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marialiberati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/frittataconmenta.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline; border: 0px;\" title=\"frittata con menta\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marialiberati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/frittataconmenta_thumb.jpg?resize=244%2C166&#038;ssl=1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"frittata con menta\" width=\"244\" height=\"166\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n(serves 4)<br \/>\n4 eggs<br \/>\n2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil<br \/>\none handful of fresh mint leaves chopped or torn into small pieces<br \/>\ndash of salt<br \/>\nBreak eggs into bowl and whip with a fork. Heat olive oil in saute pan. Pour in eggs, sprinkle on mint leaves, a dash of salt to taste.When one side is cooked turn frittata over. When frittata is firm on both sides place in serving dish and slice into 4 slices,serve warm or cold the next day..my favorite way to eat this is leftover.. the next day in a pannino\u2026<br \/>\nFor more great recipes get your copy of the award winning book <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marialiberati.com\/products-page\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Basic Art of Italian Cooking: Holidays &amp; Special Occasions<\/a><br \/>\nwinner of the Best Italian Cuisine Book in the USA by Gourmand World Cookbook Awards.<br \/>\nSee you Sept 10 &amp; 11 at the Hudson Valley Wine Fest in Rhinebeck, NY. I will be on center stage at 1-2 PM both\u00a0 days..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>copyright 2010, art of living,PrimaMedia,Inc\/Maria Liberati Simple ,delicious recipes that use mainly Mother Nature\u2019s Ingredients are my favorite..frittata with mentuccia (mint)\u2026it is a recipe from the days of cucina povere..but&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,27,7,30,41,775,11,1],"tags":[1095,975,71,1096,214,1097,126,908,1098,183,1099],"class_list":["post-2177","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-abruzzo","category-caro-diariodear-diary","category-cucina","category-cucina-povere","category-entertaining","category-frittata","category-recipes","category-uncategorized","tag-art","tag-celebrity-chef-maria-liberati","tag-cooking","tag-country-house-recipes","tag-frittata","tag-frittata-con-mentuccia","tag-italian","tag-mint","tag-simplicity","tag-summer","tag-town"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/marialiberati.com\/freshsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2177","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/marialiberati.com\/freshsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/marialiberati.com\/freshsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marialiberati.com\/freshsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marialiberati.com\/freshsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2177"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/marialiberati.com\/freshsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2177\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/marialiberati.com\/freshsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marialiberati.com\/freshsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marialiberati.com\/freshsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}