Tapas recipe for 4 people, takes only 50 mins; recipe has onion, olive oil, butter, potato, garlic clove, egg, flat-leaf parsley, baguette, vine tomato and olive oil.
Spanish tortilla
Course: Tapas
Servings
4
servings
Prep time
30 mins
Ingredients
- Flat Leaf Parsley: handful flat-leaf parsley, chopped, plus extra to serve
- Garlic Clove: 6 garlic cloves
- Olive Oil: 4 tbsp olive oil
- Onion: 1 large white onion, sliced
- Egg: 8 eggs, beaten
- Butter: 25g butter
- Vine Tomato: 4 vine tomatoes, peeled and coarsely grated
- Baguette: 1 baguette, sliced
- Potato: 400g waxy potatoes, peeled, quartered and finely sliced
Directions
- Put a large non-stick frying pan on a low heat. Cook the onion slowly in the oil and butter until soft but not brown - this should take about 15 mins. Meanwhile, peel the tomatoes (if using) by scoring the skins with a cross, putting them in a bowl and pouring over just-boiled water. Drain the water after 2-3 mins and the skins will peel away easily. You can then coarsely grate them.
- Add the potatoes to the pan, then cover and cook for a further 15-20 mins, stirring occasionally to make sure they fry evenly. When the potatoes are soft and the onion is shiny, crush 2 garlic cloves and stir in, followed by the beaten eggs.
- Put the lid back on the pan and leave the tortilla to cook gently. After 20 mins, the edges and base should be golden, the top set but the middle still a little wobbly. To turn it over, slide it onto a plate and put another plate on top, turn the whole thing over and slide it back into the pan to finish cooking.
- Once cooked, transfer to a plate and serve the tortilla warm or cold, scattered with the chopped parsley. To accompany the tortilla, take slices of warmed baguette, stab all over with a fork and rub with the remaining garlic, pile on the grated tomatoes and season with sea salt and a drizzle of olive oil.
