Oolong Infused “Prosciutto” and Veggie Frittata Recipe

Thank you Karen from the Tea Spot for sharing this fabulous oolong tea recipe with our readers!  She recommends using their vintage oolong for this dish.  Please send in some pictures Karen if you have any or if any readers make this, I would be more than happy to post pictures!  As I am a vegetarian, I recommend substituting prosciutto with eggplant.

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• ½ medium yellow onion chopped (about ½ cup)
• 1 medium squash chopped (about 1 cup)
• 1 medium red bell pepper chopped (about 1 cup)
• 2 cups of mixed mushrooms (shiitake, baby bellos & oyster) diced
• ½ bunch of asparagus, diagonally sliced into 1/4 in wide sliced (about 2 cups)
• 8-10 large eggs (or egg whites only)
• 1/3 cup soy cream (or heavy cream)
• 2 tablespoons of loose oolong tea to yield ½ cup of liquid Oolong Tea Concentrate

To make Oolong Tea Concentrate: Bring 5 oz water to a boil and let cool for 2-3 minutes, which will bring water to 180°, a good temperature to steep oolong tea.  Place 2 TBS of tea in an 8 oz measuring cup. Pour 4 oz hot water over tea leaves and steep for 3 minutes.  Strain tea leaves and place liquid in refrigerator to chill.  **Save tea leaves to make iced tea.

• 2 ounces sliced prosciutto coarsely chopped (optional if you are vegetarian like me!)
• 1 cup Dubliner cheese grated (About 4 ounces)
• 1/4 cup grated Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese
• To garnish: 1 avocado chopped and 1 tomato chopped

Prep Time: 20-25 min / Cook time: 15 – 20 min
Serving Size: 4 – 6
Level: Easy

Preparation:

1. Preheat oven to broil.
2. Heat oil in medium skillet over medium – high heat. Sauté onions until soft (Optional: add 1 tablespoon of chopped already steeped Oolong tea leaves). Add pepper, squash, mushrooms and asparagus and sauté. Cover and let cook for 3 – 4 minutes.
3. Whisk eggs and creamer in a large bowl.  Add chilled steeped oolong tea and whisk more thoroughly.
4. Pour in egg mixture to the veggies in the skillet and gently stir.  Cover & reduce the heat to low and cook until eggs are almost set (about 8 – 10 minutes).  Evenly add prosciutto and basil to skillet and let sit for 1-2 minutes.  Loosen edges with spatula and turn off stove.
5. Sprinkle cheese on top, place in oven and cook until the top starts to brown (about 3-5 minutes). Take out of oven and let sit for 2-3 minutes.  Loose edges with spatula.
6. Place a large serving plate over the pan, and carefully invert to turn out the frittata.  Let sit for 5 – 10 minutes
7. Cut into wedges & serve.  Garnish with Avocado & diced tomatoes.

The Tea Spot as also shared that if you buy 2 Vintage Oolong teas now you can get 1 free.  Just enter the total number of tins you want to receive (ie. 3 tins) and your shopping cart will take care of the rest (only charging you for 2 tins).  I’m not sure how long this promotion will last for, but check it out!

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The Tea Spot Vintage Oolong Loose Leaf Tea Review

Sorry! This time my picture does not do the tea justice.

With so much to do on my plate, I needed an oolong to bring me back to my senses and hustle!  I’m reviewing the Tea Spot Vintage Oolong today.  When I cracked open the bag the tea came in, I was greeted by a strong vegetal smell, reminiscent of another oolong I had recently.  I let my dad have a whiff of the dried leaves, “Ahh smells nice.”

The ingredients of this tea are 100% pure single estate Taiwanese oolong.  I used one teaspoon of loose leaf tea and let it expand.  My cup was soon densely swimming with  tea leaves after a minute.  Watching tea leaves unfurl is always strangely comforting.  It’s like watching the introduction of a familiar story unfold itself.  The tea smelled very sweet.  It was a warm and inviting cup.  The liquor was a pale green and gold.  It was very clear, I could make out all the leaves in the cup.  Time to taste.  Wow.  This is a very nice tea with wonderful body.  it’s rich and complex with a slight hint of umami.  The flavour is continuing to linger in my mouth after I have had the tea.

Upon second steeping, the tea becomes more mature.  The leaves really take on the shape of their original size and the liquor becomes more green than gold.  The flavour deepens and becomes more floral with apricot notes.

When it comes to tea, my dad loves big leaves, beautiful color, and a bold taste.  He’s always fond of showing me the outrageously large tea leaves in his cup after he’s steeped.  I think this is one tea that I can finally share with him that he would enjoy as well.  Pair this with a good book and you have what I would call a perfect day.  I’m glad I started my day with this cup.

The Tea Spot as also shared that if you buy 2 Vintage Oolong teas now you can get 1 free. Just enter the total number of tins you want to receive (ie. 3 tins) and your shopping cart will take care of the rest (only charging you for 2 tins). I’m not sure how long this promotion will last for, but check it out!

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Mighty Leaf Tea – Oolongs – Jade & Wuyi

I am reviewing two Mighty Leaf Oolongs today.  A little background on Oolongs before we start. Whereas white teas are not fermented and black teas are fully fermented, Oolongs are somewhere in the middle. The percentage can range depending on how the farmer chooses to produce the oolongs. Fermenting the tea gives it more complex flavours and can bring out more nutrients. This is why cabbage rejuvelac, kombucha and kimchi are so healthy because they are purposefully fermented to increase its nutrition.

Oolong has a long history of health benefits ranging from weight loss (as the wuyi oolong tea has been recently popularized for… you know those annoying facebook ads promoting it as a magical weight loss tea) to lowering the fat intake of food.  So yes it is definitely a tea you must try if you are a budding tea connoisseur.  The experience of a white, green, black, oolong, puerh, to herbal tea are all different experiences.

The Jade Oolong was very vegetal.  The smell of the dried leaves was very intense.  It reminded me of the smell of the marijuana plant.  The color of the tea came out a peachy yellow.  You can see from the picture.  The body was light and it left a very golden taste in my mouth and throat after consumption.  A very good sign of a good tea is how long you can still taste the “goldenness” of the tea after consumption.  Yum.  There are some extremely expensive teas that allow the tea drinker to experience the taste hours afterward.  People pay for this!  So pay attention when you are sampling teas.

The Wuyi Oolong was heavy in body than the Jade.  The color came out reddish brown.  It was definitely more rich in tannins that the Jade which is why the color is richer as well.  Tannins are what gives reds its brownish color.  It’s interesting to note that when I swirled the tea around in my mouth and spat it out, I caught notes of apricot in the tea.  Yum!  I love the fruity notes in the teas.  The Jade oolong after I spat it out had more vegetable notes like bok choy and leeks.

The leaves expanded significantly after steeping.  The green tea leaves actually expanded more than 50% and were fighting for space in the tea ball.  If anyone has any better tea steeping utensils feel free to send them my way!  I need new tea accessories.  I will give you a huge shoutout and thank you!  The tea ball I used for the Wuyi tea is heinous and an embarrassment to tea around the world.  I found a full sized tea leaf in the Jade Oolong pile while digging so that was pretty cool!  The Wuyi tea leaves were a lot more broken down.  I hope you understand from this image and from the tea comparisons how two oolong teas can be so different in character side by side.  Just like people I guess!

All good oolongs can be steeped for multiple infusions.  So for the tea conscious drinker this works out to pennies per cup.  The  Wuyi Oolong costs $30.32 for 4 oz or 113.4g.  If you use about 2g of tea per teacup, this should get you about 56 cups of tea and if you steep multiple times we’re talking about 16 cents a cup.  Way cheaper than going to a “coffee” shop.  The Jade Oolong is priced at $49.80 for 4oz about.  Click on the Mighty Leaf link on the side of my website and you will get a 25% discount.  Have a tea-riffic day!

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