This is both a good dessert for a formal dinner and a pleasant brunch dish. I’ve also served wedges of it an antipasto, with glasses of prosecco or champagne.

(Makes two 8-inch frittatas, enough for 4 to 6 as an antipasto, 2 as a brunch or lunch dish, or 4 as a dessert)

You can make this sesame sauce in advance and store it, well covered for up to a week in the refrigerator.

To make a longer keeping sesame paste, grind the sesame seeds even more, add sugar and a bit of salt (about 1 Tbs. of sugar and 1/8th tsp. of salt per 3 Tbs. of sesame seed). Store in a covered jar in the refrigerator. This is great on toast, and you can just add a bit of mirin and soy sauce and optionally dashi stock to make a sesame paste on the spot.