The Spanish Tortilla

by laura1212 in Cooking > Snacks & Appetizers

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The Spanish Tortilla

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Spanish tortilla:

  • Ingredients : 
    five Eggs,
    five small Potatoes,
    two small onions, quartered and thinly sliced,
    Salt and pepper,
    Extra- virgin Olive oil

 

  • You also need :
    A plate,
    A deep frying pan (the plate and the deep frying pan must have the same diameter, (it’s easier)
    A whisk,
    A mixing bowl.

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It’s a kind of omelette with potatoes.

 

  • First, you peel the potatoes. slice them thinly

  • Wash it.

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  • Then, dry it with a dishcloth to fry it faster.

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  • Tip a little of olive oil in a frying pan, and wait a minute. You should hear it sazzle when the frying pan is ready with the oil.

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  • You fry it.

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  • Then, peel an onion 

  • Fry it too !

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  • Put the onion and the chips together in the deep fry, on a low heat.

  • After that, break the eggs and beat it as you do for an omelette.

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  • Then, pour it all  in the pan on a high heat.

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  • You have now to wait a minute (the same time as for an omelette).

  • At last, the” most difficult”: you have to take the plate and flip  the tortilla inside, and then slide it back in on the pan, on the other side.

 

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And that's the result ! You can also present it as "tapas" to have a cocktail party.