Last Modified: March 23, 2020

Tortilla de Patatas

Name: Tortilla de Patatas- Spanish Potato Omelet,
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Spain
Ingredients: 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil, plus 2 tablespoons ( See Note 1); 5 large potatoes, diced into medium size pieced ( about 6 cups, diced); 1 large Spanish onion, sliced thing; 6 eggs; 1 – 2 tsp Sea Salt to taste (use only 1 tsp if using table salt)

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Tortilla de Patatas or Spanish frittata is a traditional tapa from Spain. Made with 3 simple ingredients potatoes, onions and eggs, it’s vegetarian and gluten-free. Perfect for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and Passover too!

Barcelona. Home, sweet home…

Not seeing its best days right now, unfortunately, as the entire country has been shut down for over a week now. COVID-19 has hit our beautiful city pretty hard. Our parents, who still live there and are 70 and 80 years old, haven’t left the house in 10 days. Not being able to physically check up on them, and make sure they have everything they need, has been incredibly challenging. Praying the situation starts to improve, and we can all go back to normal soon.

In the meantime, we’ll try to stay positive and focus on remembering all the good things Spain has to offer.

So naturally, we thought we would start with food. And we’re sharing a recipe that’s 100% Spain, and it’s one of the most popular “tapas”: Tortilla De Patatas or Spanish potato omelet. A great vegetarian dish, that is also gluten-free and perfect for Passover, too.

This Tortilla De Patatas is so versatile. In Spain, it’s served for breakfast, in a sandwich for lunch, and as tapas for dinner. Every time we make it, it takes us right back home.

So, since most of us are stuck at home right now and probably won’t be traveling anytime soon, we invite you to take a little trip without leaving your kitchen, and go ahead and get cooking! We guarantee it will be worth every second… 🙂

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How to make Tortilla de Patatas

Slice onions and dice potatoes into medium-size pieces. Make sure the potatoes are not too or they will take a long time to cook

Heat olive oil in a large 12″ skillet with a lid with and add potatoes and onions

Cooked covered until the potatoes are cooked

Let the cooked potatoes and onions cool. Beat eggs in a bowl and add cooled potatoes and onions and return mixture to a 10.5″ skillet.

Cook the Tortilla de Patatas well on one side before flipping it to the other side. Watch this 5-second video showing how to plip a tortilla de patatas.

Slide the tortilla de patatas back into the skillet after flipping it.

Cook the other side of the Tortilla de patatas

When done place in a plate in slice into 8 even wedges

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