Spanish omelette with potatoes

Name: Spanish omelette with potato
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 40 min
Ingredients: 5 potatoes (medium); 5 eggs; ¾ onion; 3 tbl spoon milk; 1 tea spoon baking powder; 250 ml olive oil (depend on the pan); salt

Spanish omelette, "tortilla española" or "tortilla de patatas," is a popular and traditional Spanish dish.

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Prep Time 10

Cook Time 30

Total Time 40

Course Tapas, Side dish

Cuisine Spanish

Servings persons

Calories 400 kcal

Equipment

baking pan non-stick pan Ø26 cm
sieve

Ingredients

The quantities below are for a pan with a Ø of 26 cm

5 potatoes medium
5 eggs
¾ onion
3 tbl spoon milk
1 tea spoon baking powder
250 ml olive oil depend on the pan
salt

Instructions

Peel the potatoes and cut them into cubes of +/- 1 cm. Shred the onion.
Fill the bottom of your pan with 1 cm of olive oil. Add the potatoes and season with a pinch of salt. Turn regularly. Also add the chopped onion. Place a lid on the pan so that the potatoes cook faster. When they are done, put them in a sieve / colander so that the excess oil can drain away.
Beat 5 eggs. Add the milk and baking powder. Season with some salt. Mix well and add the potatoes. Mix quietly.
Heat 1 tbsp oil in the same pan. Pour in the egg mixture and fry for a few minutes. With a good non-stick pan, the tortilla will come loose as soon as you turn the pan a little. Make sure the edges are loose, do this with a spatula.
Now, the trick: put a flat plate upside down on the pan or a flat lid. Please note that there should be no edges or borders. Press the plate firmly on the pan and turn it upside down. Make sure you don't burn yourself… Then slide the tortilla back into the pan from the flat plate and bake for another 2 minutes. This is the classic way. Nowadays there are tortilla pans. A closed pan that allows you to turn the tortilla in one go without having to do acrobatics… 😉
I like the tortilla best when it's still a little warm and a little creamy inside…

Notes

Spanish omelette, “tortilla española” or “tortilla de patatas,” is a popular and traditional Spanish dish. It is a simple, but tasty egg dish that consists of just a few ingredients, namely potatoes, eggs, onions, olive oil and salt. There are of course also variations where spinach or chorizo are added, for example. Here I go for the most classic version.

The trick is to turn the omelette in time while the top has not yet been baked. In the classic way, you use a completely flat plate (without an edge) or a flat lid. Together with Isabel, my right hand and friend from the village, we got to work and she showed me how she has been turning the tortilla for years… But nowadays there are closed tortilla pans and you simply turn them over.

Serve this tortilla with a nice salad and you have another nutritious lunch ready… Hasta pronto!

PS: I made a video while Isabel and I made the tortilla. This is on my socials (FB, website and on tiktok…)

Nutrition

Serving: 4gCalories: 400kcalCarbohydrates: 50gProtein: 13gFat: 17gSaturated Fat: 4gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 10gTrans Fat: 0.02gCholesterol: 206mgSodium: 205mgPotassium: 1244mgFiber: 6gSugar: 4gVitamin A: 321IUVitamin C: 54mgCalcium: 140mgIron: 3mg

Keyword tortilla, tortilla española, tortilla de patata, egg recipe, baked egg, omelette with potato, spanish omelette, spanish tortilla

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