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I eat out a lot...I mean A LOT!! I am a traveling salesman. Not the "door to door" type but I travel quite a bit. From Michigan to Maine...I've been there. You can imagine how much I have to eat out. I've grown tired of all the food chains. EVERYTHING is the same no matter where I go - I mean if eat at one Chili's, I've eaten at all the Chili's- you know what I mean? How boring is that?

I have decided to change all that and have dedicated myself to visiting every "Mom & Pop" restaurant I can find. Am I qualified to be a food critic??? Heck no, but I love food, I love to cook and well - I get bored while I am on the road. So what meager skills I bring to the proverbial table...I offer you here. Let me know what you think and enjoy "My Hunger".

What the "*" Mean:

* =turn around...don't eat here
** =Would not recommend
*** =I liked it...I would give it another try
**** =This place is great
***** =IMO, the best you will ever find

Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Potato & Bacon Fritatta Cake


This is an original recipe I just recently entered in a Taste of Home Recipe contest. I came up with this one really just fooling around in the kitchen one day. I have reproduced it several times now and have tried it out on about 20+ people with good results so I thought I would share it here with you. Please let me know what you think.


Prep Time: 30 minutes
Cook Time: 1 Hour

Ingredients:
10 to 12 red potatoes

1 1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese

1/4 stick of butter

1 Tbs of fresh, finely chopped Rosemary

8 eggs (beaten)

1/2lb of bacon (diced and fried crisp)

1/2 cup chopped Vidalia or yellow onion

salt and pepper to taste

Preparation:


Peel potatoes and slice into 1/8 inch slices (about the width of a quarter). Melt 1/4 stick of butter on medium-low heat in a deep 2 inch, nonstick pan. Starting from the outer edge of the pan, arrange the slices slightly overlapping each other around the edges moving toward the center of the pan until the entire bottom of the pan is covered.


Sprinkle 1/3 cup of Parmesan cheese and a third of the bacon, onions and chopped rosemary over the potatoes. Repeat with another layer of potato slices and repeat the sequence until you have a total of three layers.


Pour eggs over the entire fritatta and top with remaining 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese. Cook the Fritatta on the stove top on medium low (3 on electric stove-tops) for 15 minutes. Then remove the pan from the stove and place in a 350 degree oven for an additional 45 minutes. You should notice the edges of the fritatta starting to pull away form the edge of the pan when done. Flip the fritatta onto a large serving dish and garnish as desired.


One tip that may make your job a bit easier - when trying to flip the fritatta onto a dish, place the dish over the pan and flip the entire thing together. The fritatta should come out with no problem.


I hope you like it. Drop me a line to let me know what you think.

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