Recipe: Delicious ‘Spanish’ Omelette

Recipe: Delicious ‘Spanish’ Omelette Delicious, fresh and tasty.

‘Spanish’ Omelette. Spice it up with a hot salsa, or add sizzling cooked bacon for a smoky twist. —Teresa Gunnell, Lovettsville, Virginia. Spanish Omelet Recipe photo by Taste of Home. Add a little more butter to the frying pan and add the potatoes.

Using a rubber spatula, gently remove the omelette from the skillet onto a plate.

Cover with the other plate and flip over.

Using a rubber spatula, gently place back into the pan, bottom-side up.

You can cook ‘Spanish’ Omelette using 8 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of ‘Spanish’ Omelette

1. Prepare of potatoes roughly cut to 1cm slices.

2. It’s of onions finely sliced.

3. Prepare of I red pepper finely sliced.

4. Prepare of cheddar cheese.

5. You need of eggs.

6. It’s of Parsley handful finely chopped.

7. Prepare of butter.

8. Prepare of Olive oil.

Spanish Omelette (Spanish Tortilla) is perfect served hot or cold, and so easy to make!

Crispy, fried potatoes and eggs make up this popular Spanish Omelette (Tortilla) recipe, perfect for picnics, parties, bbq's, or your traditional Tapas menu!

It is often decreed that the only ingredients (other than eggs of course) proper to a Spanish omelette are onions and potatoes, but I like a touch of red from some chopped peppers.

I am sorry if this offends - and not only the Spanish - but you could speed this up by using some drained, canned new potatoes instead of cooking real ones.

‘Spanish’ Omelette instructions

1. Simmer potatoes in boiling water for 10 minutes, until soft and drain well..

2. Meanwhile heat the olive oil on low heat in large pan and add the onions, frying slowly until brown, say 10 minutes. Then add red peppers for 5 minutes..

3. Break the eggs into a jug and beat, adding salt and pepper to taste..

4. Add butter to onions and peppers, and then add the potatoes. Pour the eggs into the pan, add the cheese, and cook until base has slightly browned, about 10 minutes. Then place the pan under the grill for about 5 minutes until golden brown..

5. Add parsley and serve..

This is easy enough to make, but you do need to get it.

Spanish omelette or Spanish tortilla is a traditional dish from Spain and one of the signature dishes in the Spanish cuisine.

It is an omelette made with eggs and potatoes, optionally including onion.

It is often served at room temperature as a tapa.

It is commonly known in Spanish-speaking countries as tortilla de patatas, tortilla de papas or tortilla española no spaniard would use butter to cook an omelet! my suggestion if you would like to try the traditional and yummy spanish omelet is to try the recipe submitted by patty:spanish potato omelet(its got the right ingredients )also i would remove the excess oil left after cooking the potato and onion.