• Home
  • Contact
  • Recipes
  • Edible Gifts
  • Links

Cornucopia Cooks

Cornucopia kor-nuh-KOH-pee-uh. noun - the horn of plenty, symbol of abundance

  • Cook to Order
  • Private Dining
  • The pop in pops out
  • Cooking Classes
  • Cornucopia events

Spinach, Ricotta and Pine-nut Tortilla

July 6, 2015 By Sandy

Spinach, Ricotta and Pine-nut Tortilla
Makes enough for 4 as a main meal, 6 – 8 as a light meal

1 non stick pan, 30cm diameter
275g diced parboiled potatoes
25g butter
6 large eggs
Double cream (make volume of eggs up to 450ml with cream)
Salt, pepper and nutmeg
400g spinach (thoroughly clean and wilt)
250g ricotta
1 tbs toasted pine-nuts

  1. Preheat oven to a medium high temperature
  2. Place the pan on top of the stove, gently melt the butter.
  3. Add the potatoes and gently cook for 3 minutes – do not brown.
  4. Add the spinach, ricotta and pine-nuts to the pan, spread over the potatoes ad hoc.
  5. Gently beat the eggs, cream and seasoning together and pour over mixture in pan.
  6. Cook gently on top of stove for 5 minutes, then place in oven for a further 20 minutes until egg mixture has set and top is golden.
  7. Rest for 5 – 10 minutes before cutting.

This is delicious served warm or cold. Accompany with a selection of salads and some crusty bread.

You can substitute the toppings for many different things (spinach, goats cheese and hazelnut; butternut squash and ricotta; mushroom and stilton; smoked haddock and cheddar; sausage, bacon and tomato; chorizo and tomato; blanched broad beans, feta and hint of mint; etc etc)

Filed Under: Recipes Tagged With: cream, eggs, goats cheese, hazelnuts, pine-nuts, potatoes, ricotta, spinach, tortilla

This week at Cornucopia Cooks

This week at Cornucopia Cooks

Pop out week….

Current Freezer Stock

Check out what's in the freezer

Latest blogs

2021 news

First “pop out” of 2021, Friday 5th February.

Christmas 2020

Plenty on offer this year.

More Posts from this Category

Customer comments

Some ready meal feedback

My friend & I both agreed that the duck a l’orange was the tastiest “take-away” we’ve had during lockdown ….

Christmas dinner proposal feedback

Thank you for making my Christmas and my bubble friend’s Christmas so enjoyable this year

More Posts from this Category

Sandy’s latest recipes

Short Ribs, Korean style

Mejedra / mejudra

Mango, lime and ginger cheesecake

All recipes

Recipes

Tweets

  • Thank you to @YourSSE for your prompt response and communication with respect to power outage in parts of Eynsham. November 16, 2020 7:52 pm
  • Thank you to @lyallandco and @EynshamCellars for rehousing my freezer stock while @YourSSE restore power due to an… https://t.co/qMQ9ExGAfM November 16, 2020 7:49 pm
  • go to twitter

Search the website

Contact

1, High Street, Eynsham, Witney, Oxon, OX29 4HA [email protected] 07551876285

Copyright © 2021 Cornucopia Cooks