Asparagus, Peas, and Smoked Gouda Frittata

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🧀🥚 This Cheesy Asparagus Frittata is a spring recipe loaded with asparagus, peas, and Gouda cheese! It’s a flexible, 25-minute recipe your whole family will love and is perfect for breakfast, brunch, or an easy weeknight dinner!

Cheesy Asparagus Frittata in a pie plate, a slice on a plate.

Baked Asparagus Frittata Recipe

I love asparagus and look forward to it coming into season every spring, using it in a variety of recipes like my asparagus casserole, cheesy roasted asparagus, and chicken and pasta with asparagus and tomatoes.

However, this spring frittata is a particular favorite, packed with healthy green vegetables, color, and texture, and ready in 25 minutes! Even though it’s such a super simple recipe, it doesn’t taste simple, and I think it’s pretty enough to serve at a holiday or special meal. It would make a great Easter or Mother’s Day brunch dish, and the hostess won’t have to slave away.

When I decided to make this, I thought we’d have a ton of leftovers and would be drowning in frittata. Wrong. It was so good that we polished it off immediately! 

Ingredients You’ll Need

To make this recipe for frittata with asparagus, you’ll need the following easy-to-find ingredients: 

  • Fresh asparagus and frozen peas: I used a bunch of asparagus and frozen peas (which I added straight to the pie plate). Feel free to use a mixture of fresh and frozen to suit whatever you have on hand. You’re welcome to add any springtime veggies you’d like, such as broccoli or leeks. Just note that you may need to sauté or roast certain veggies first to soften them slightly prior to baking the frittata
  • Eggs
  • Salt and pepper
  • Gouda cheese: I love how the slight smokiness from the Gouda plays perfectly off the eggs. Feel free to try mozzarella, fontina, Havarti, brie, goat cheese, or your favorite easy-melting cheese

Note: Scroll down to the recipe card section of the post for the ingredients with amounts included and for more complete directions.

How to Make a Cheesy Asparagus Frittata

Assembling the spring asparagus frittata takes less than five minutes. No, really! Here’s how this easy frittata recipe is made: 

  1. Slice the asparagus, and put it in the pie dish or a cast iron pan greased with cooking oil spray, olive oil, or butter. I recommend chopping the asparagus into 1-inch pieces. Be sure to discard the woody ends. 
  2. Sprinkle with frozen peas.
  3. Whisk the eggs in a bowl, and pour the egg mixture over the veggies.
  4. Sprinkle with cheese and bake in a preheated oven until set. There’s no need to toss the ingredients or cook anything over medium heat first, as you see with many frittatas!
  5. Cool slightly at room temperature, and enjoy warm!

What to Serve with an Asparagus Frittata

4.43 from 7 votes

Cheesy Asparagus Frittata

By Averie Sunshine
🧀🥚 This spring frittata recipe is loaded with asparagus, peas, and gouda cheese! It's a flexible, 25-minute recipe your whole family will love! 
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 25 minutes
Servings: 6 servings

Ingredients 

  • 1 cup diced asparagus, about 1-inch long segments (I used fresh; frozen may be substituted)
  • 1 cup peas, I used frozen and did not thaw before baking
  • 6 large eggs, lightly whisked
  • salt and pepper, to taste
  • about 1 cup shredded smoked gouda, loosely packed (substitute with mozzarella, fontina, brie, Havarti, or an easy-melting cheese)

Instructions 

  • Preheat oven to 350F and spray a 9-inch pie dish with cooking spray; set aside.
  • Evenly sprinkle the asparagus over the bottom of dish.
  • Evenly sprinkle the peas.
  • Evenly pour the eggs over the top.
  • Season with salt and pepper, to taste.
  • Evenly sprinkle the cheese over the top.
  • Bake for about 20 minutes, or until eggs are set and top is lightly golden browned, or as browned as desired. Serve immediately.

Notes

Storage: Frittata is best warm and fresh although leftovers will keep airtight in the fridge for up to 5 days.

Nutrition

Serving: 1serving, Calories: 165cal, Carbohydrates: 6g, Protein: 13g, Fat: 10g, Saturated Fat: 5g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 4g, Cholesterol: 207mg, Sodium: 273mg, Fiber: 2g, Sugar: 3g

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

Cheesy Asparagus Frittata Pinterest image.

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Comments

  1. I’m totally drooling. My mom and dad are coming up for Easter (last minute; normally we don’t do anything special) and I needed an egg dish. Now I have one!! :) Pinned of course!

  2. Oh my gosh how gorgeous does this frittata look?? Just loving all the bright, green veggies inside! Perfect for a spring brunch! I made a frittata for breakfast the other day, but I so wish I had had asparagus on hand then to put inside! Love it! pinned.

  3. I LOVE the addition of the smoked gouda cheese here. Such a nice springtime dish! : )

  4. The asparagus has been so good this year! I love a good fritata and always pick out the vegetables I love most too :)

  5. I absolutely love spring because you get to see all kinds of cute and colorful dishes. Looks delicious, Averie!

  6. This looks lovely. I love frittatas and with spring vegetables it’s perfect for Easter. :)

  7. I love the spring vegetables in this (and made a similar frittata last weekend with peas, zucchini, tarragon and Parmesan cheese). I definitely want to try your version…and I need to remember to pull out my lovely deep dish pie pan for it! I always grab an 8×8 so technically speaking, I’m probably just making egg “casserole”.

    1. I only used the glass pie dish b/c it photographs better than an aluminum pan. LOL Your strata/casserole/frittata creation sounds fab! Love working in as many veggies as possible!

  8. Thank you for this recipe, I am such a fan of asparagus but I’m not very good at coming up with my own ideas of how to use it and always just end up smothering it in butter and dipping it in egg yolks! I’ll be cooking this for my family on Monday (I think Sunday is officially reserved for roast dinner haha) xxx

  9. Oh Averie, this frittata looks so delicious, I just love all the spring veg in there. What a perfect brunch recipe, I would so not miss bacon if this was served to me!:-)