Definitions

  • n. A frittata usually made with spinach (or zucchini), eggs, and feta cheese.

Example Sentences

  • "I like spinach sfongatiko much better than the one made with zucchini."

  • "Here she shares her maternal grandmother Mathilde Klapholz’s (née Francès z”l) family recipe for Sfongato, a salty cheese pie that is often eaten with dairy or parve meals." (source)

Languages of Origin

  • Ladino
  • Greek

Etymology

  • sfongato

    • Who Uses This

      • Ottoman Sephardim: Jews with ancestry in Spain and, post-expulsion, in Turkey, Greece, and other parts of the Ottoman Empire

      Regions

      • North America

      Dictionaries

      • None

      Alternative Spellings

      sfongatiko, sfongatto, sfongatico

Notes


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