How to Prepare Spanish potato omelette

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There's nothing too fancy about this rustic Spanish style omelet, just lots of hearty goodness from crispy fried potatoes and onions. Chopped tomatoes and green onions lend even more flavor and color. A beloved Spanish classic, tortilla española, or potato omelette, is a soul satisfying tapa.

Spanish potato omelette is one of the most favored of recent trending foods in the world. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions every day. They are nice and they look fantastic. Spanish potato omelette is something that I have loved my whole life.

How to Make Spanish potato omelette

To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook spanish potato omelette using 5 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

Ingredients

The ingredients needed to make Spanish potato omelette:

1. Get 500 g potatoes
2. Get 4 eggs
3. Take 500 ml Extra Virgin Olive Oil from Spain
4. Get to taste Salt,
5. Prepare 1/2 onion (optional)​

Continue frying potatoes on a medium heat, only turning with a spatula every few minutes so potatoes will brown and be less likely to stick. Continue to fry until potatoes are tender all the way through. Spanish Potato Omelette (Spanish Tortilla) is perfect served hot or cold, and so easy to make! Crispy, fried potatoes and eggs make up this popular Spanish Tortilla recipe, perfect for picnics, parties, bbq's, or your traditional Tapas menu!

Instructions

Instructions to make Spanish potato omelette:

1. Wash and cut the potatoes into very thin slices.
2. Dice the onion (if you don’t like onion, you can skip this step and leave onion out of the recipe altogether).​
3. Mix the potatoes and onion together with a bit of salt.​
4. Heat a good amount of Extra Virgin Olive Oil from Spain in a pan and, once hot, add the potatoes and onions. Fry them on a high heat for few minutes, then lower the temperature. Stir occasionally so that the potatoes don’t stick. Once the potatoes have taken on a golden-brown colour, remove the pan from the heat and drain the mixture.​
5. Beat the eggs with a pinch of salt. Add the eggs to the potatoes and onion and mix well.​​
6. Heat two small tablespoons of Extra Virgin Olive Oil from Spain in a pan and add the egg, potato and onion mixture. As before, cook on a high heat for a few minutes, then lower the temperature right down so that the inside of the omelette can cook.​
7. When the omelette has finished cooking on one side, flip it over using a flat plate so that you can cook the other side.
8. Put another two tablespoons of Extra Virgin Olive Oil from Spain in the pan and then return the omelette to the pan to fry the other side.
9. When the omelette is golden brown on both sides, remove it from the heat. Now it's ready to eat! ​
10. You could serve it with a delicious mayonnaise and a little mustard. If you want to give your omelette an original and tasty touch, try adding a tablespoon of caramelized onion when beating the egg.
11. And if you want the middle of your omelette to be creamier, try frying a few thin slices of courgette with the potatoes. You’ll really notice a difference! We recommend you serve this recipe with Fruits of the Forest Pudding which is also made using Olive Oils from Spain.

PRINT SAVE go to your favorites. Spanish tortilla or tortilla española is basically a Spanish omelette with potatoes and eggs cooked gently in olive oil. This dish is traditionally served at room temprature or cold as a tapa, but it is great for any meal of the day. Slide the omelette onto a plate, cover with the other plate, flip, and slide the omelette back into the pan, so that the cooked side is on top. Strain the potatoes and onion through a colander into a large bowl (set the strained oil aside).

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