recipe

1. Tortilla Española
(Spanish Omelette). By vBayon
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2. Ingredients for 4 people
• 6 small/medium floury potatoes
• 6 medium eggs
• 1 onion (optional)

3. Peel the potatoes

4. Cut the onion into small pieces

5. Cut the potatoes to thin slices
• Roughly the
size of a 1
Euro coin
(and a bit
taller)

6. Mix onions, potatoes and oil
• And add 6
tablespoons
of virgin olive
oil into a
glass bowl
• Stir well and
make sure all
the thin
potatoes are
covered in oil

7. Microwave it!
• Microwave full power for 20 minutes, stirring
every 4 minutes or until the potatoes are cooked
• Cover the bowl with a plastic plate or something
else as it will help to retain the moisture and
cook the potatoes faster
• Check around the 15th
min just in case to see if
the potatoes are cooked. If you put less
potatoes/onions, it will cook faster
• Try the potatoes, they should be soft and will not
taste of raw potatoes. Try a big piece, not a
small one.

8. The potatoes & onions reduced in
size after cooking
• The
potatoes
and onions
are ready
to be mixed
with the
eggs

9. Whisk the eggs & add them to the
potatoes. Add some salt to taste.

10. Make the Tortilla!!
• Heat up 2 tablespoons of olive oil on a large non-stick
frying pan (medium fire)
• Make sure that the pan is non-stick and not scratched
• Make sure that oil covers the whole surface of the pan
before you add the mix
• Add the mix and cook for 4/6 mins to make
• Move the pan to make sure that the tortilla does not stick
to the bottom

11. Turning the Tortilla
• Get a plate that fits nicely in the frying pan
• On the top of a safe area (i.e. the sink), hold the plate with one hand
and rotate the pan 180 degrees, so that the plate faces down
• Put the tortilla back on the frying pan. Be careful as the other side is
still runny.

12. Cook the other side
• 4/6 minutes, medium fire
• Make a cut with a knife and make sure that it is cooked
properly (i.e. egg is not runny)
• With the help of a wooden spoon, make sure that the
tortilla takes a round shape
• If the egg is not cooked properly, or the tortilla hasn’t got
that nice brown colour, you can turn it and cook it for a
bit longer

13. Leave to cool down for a bit and it is
Ready to eat!

15. Remarks
• If you find it difficult to turn the tortilla over without
making a mess, try to grill it a bit to cook the egg and
make it more solid. However you must still turn it over
and cook it as otherwise it will look like a quiche instead
of a tortilla (see next slide)
• Keep moving the pan so that the tortilla does not stick to
the bottom, but it is better to have good frying pan
• The frying pan should be non-stick
• Instead of using the microwave, you could shallow fry
the potatoes/onions in olive oil. I like the taste of the
potatoes the microwave way, whereas the fried way the
potatoes have more olive flavour as they suck up more
oil, but it depends on how you fry them.

16. • Grilling the tortilla is optional
• Use only to pre-cook the top so it
becomes less runny and the tortilla will be
easier to turn