Horiatiki Omelet
If you've got feta, tomatoes and kalamata olives, you're most of the way to this Greek breakfast: about 60 minutes of cooking across 6 steps. Below: the ingredients split into pantry staples and a quick shopping list, a built-in serving scaler, and the method in 6 steps.
You'll mainly reach for pan. At medium difficulty across 6 steps, it's manageable with a little attention. As written, it's meat-free.
What you'll need
Shopping list (4)
Pantry staples (you likely have these)
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How to make it
- Deseed and dice the tomatoes, pit and halve the olives, finely chop the red onion and crumble the feta into rough pieces.
- Warm 1 tablespoon of the olive oil in a large non-stick pan over medium heat and soften the onion for 2 minutes, then add the tomatoes and cook another 3 minutes until any watery liquid has cooked off.
- Beat the eggs with the milk, a little salt remembering the feta is salty, and plenty of black pepper.
- Add the remaining oil to the pan, pour in the eggs and let them set at the edges before gently dragging the curds toward the centre with a spatula.
- When the eggs are still slightly wet on top, scatter over the feta, olives, oregano and parsley, then fold the omelet in half or leave it open-faced.
- Cook one more minute until the eggs are just set with no runny liquid, then slide onto plates and finish with a drizzle of olive oil.
You'll use: Pan
Ingredient substitutions
- Eggs
- ¼ cup unsweetened applesauce (baking) · 1 tbsp ground flax + 3 tbsp water per egg
- Milk
- any unsweetened plant milk · ½ cup evaporated milk + ½ cup water
What to serve with Horiatiki Omelet
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Tips & common questions
How long does Horiatiki Omelet take to make?
About 60 minutes from start to finish — an estimate based on the 6 steps and 11 ingredients. Times vary with your kitchen and how much prep you do ahead.
What can I use instead of eggs?
Try ¼ cup unsweetened applesauce (baking). See the substitutions section above for more swaps.
Can I scale this recipe up or down?
Yes — use the servings control above the ingredients and every quantity rescales automatically (fractions included). Cooking times stay roughly the same; very large batches may need a little longer.
Is Horiatiki Omelet vegetarian?
Its ingredients contain no meat or fish, so it's suitable for vegetarians. Check any cheeses for animal rennet if that matters to you.
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Horiatiki Omelet is an original Greek recipe developed in-house by Consomee. Photo: Greek Salad Choriatiki.jpg by https://www.flickr.com/photos/zone41/, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons. We add the serving scaler, ingredient tools, timing and structure on top — how we source recipes.