Spanish Tortilla
photo by papergoddess
- Ready In:
- 35mins
- Ingredients:
- 8
- Serves:
-
4-6
ingredients
- 3 large eggs
- salt, to taste
- 3 -4 tablespoons olive oil
- 3 large wax potatoes, peeled and thinly sliced
- 1 onion, coarsley chopped
- 1 cup chorizo sausage, sliced
- 2 teaspoons paprika
- green olives, for garnish (optional)
directions
- Crack eggs into a bowl and whisk with a fork, adding a pinch of salt.
- Heat oil in a frying pan.
- Add the potato and fry for a couple of minutes. Add onion and chorizo.
- When potato starts to brown on the edges and is mashed with onion in a lumpy fashion, add eggs. Make sure potato and onions are fully submerged by eggs. Poke potatoes to allow egg to seep into mixture.
- Fry gently on low heat. Shake pan to loosen the tortilla from and tidy edges with a wooden spoon. Do not overcook. Center should remain gooey.
- Egg will start setting, as this happens place a plate over pan, a large enough plate to cover the pan substantially. Flip tortilla over plate and slide back into the pan to cook underside. Keep shaking pan lightly so tortilla does not stick.
- Once firm on the edges and soft in the middle (after about 1 minute) slide tortilla onto plate.
- Let the tortilla rest for about 5 to 10 minutes before serving. Dust with paprika. Cut into cake slices or cubes. Garnish with green olives.
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My husband and I are pastors who work with college students and young adults and we absolutely love it! The students are my "kids" and constantly teach me new things and keep my life interesting. I have posted many recipes here at their behest. Sometimes I think they just love me 'cause they know that can come over and get a fresh homecooked meal -a great break from their sketchy college cafeteria food!
I grew up in a beautiful, loud, fun, albeit slightly crazy, Spanish-Italian family where cooking is not just about putting food on the table -it is an art. An intense, passionate art of carefully guarded secret recipes.
So cooking is in my blood and I enjoy it immensely. I love having dinner parties just so I can whip up fancy new recipes. And the college students are always happy to be my guests!