What is the difference between an Omelette and a Frittata ?!
Answers: both are like one and the same or are they ?
frittata
[frih-TAH-tuh]
An Italian OMELET that usually has the ingredients mixed with the eggs rather than being folded inside, as with a French omelet. It can be flipped or the top can be finished under a broiling unit. An omelet is cooked quickly over moderately high heat and, after folding, has a flat-sided half-oval shape. A frittata is firmer because it's cooked very slowly over low heat, and round because it isn't folded.
omelet; omelette
[AHM-leht]
A mixture of eggs, seasonings and sometimes water or milk, cooked in butter until firm and filled or topped with various fillings such as cheese, ham, mushrooms, onions, peppers, sausage and herbs. Sweet omelets can be filled with jelly, custard or fruit, sprinkled with confectioners' sugar or flamed with various LIQUORS or LIQUEURS. For fluffy omelets, the whites and yolks can be beaten separately and folded together. They can also be served flat or folded.
An omelett is usually thinner, cooked on the stovetop and folded over on itself. A Frittata is thicker and finished off in the oven. Basically a thicker version of an omelett, any ingrediant goes.
I've heard of an Omelette.
An omelette is made with eggs & water (fillings if desired) and folded twice prior to sliding onto the serving plate.
A frittata is made with eggs & milk and added to the pan after all the toppings have sauteed. Often finished in the oven and served on a platter like a pizza without the crust.
Basically an omelette is just eggs that are cooked in a pan until just cooked, with a little garnish, for one person.
A frittata is made in a 12 fry pan and consists of whatever veggies and precooked meat.
6 eggs are whisked together and poured over the top.
The bottom is cooked first on the top, and then it is grilled in the oven until eggs are set.
These are basically the same thing. Each culture/country has a slight variation and different name for basically the same dish. Both use eggs and whatever other ingredient(s) you want. Both start off in a frying pan. A frittata is always finished under the grill whereas an omelet CAN be finished under the grill (as in a Spanish Omelette) but most often an omelette is served directly from the frying pan.