Making A Spanish Tortilla With Eggs

Video Transcript

"Hi! I'm Anne Mooney. I'm a personal chef and the food columnist for Simply the Best magazine in Delray Beach, Florida. Today I am here on behalf of Expert Village to talk more about eggs. This time we are going to talk about the Spanish tortilla. Now this is neither a Spanish omelet nor is it a tortilla as we are familiar with a little flour cake. This is a dish that is very common in Spain and usually people eat it for lunch or for a light supper. It is a thick omelet that is stuffed with potatoes and onions and it is absolutely delicious and very satisfying. It is just the essence of comfort food. Unlike the other omelets, this omelet or tortilla is typically cooked in olive oil so we have our individual sized skillet here with olive oil heating up and we have two eggs, the individual portion to which I will add some cream. The Spaniards probably would add goats milk or water to these eggs but any kind of liquid would probably do. You can use skim milk if you like to, you can use club soda if you want to or plain water or you can go whole hog and use cream like I am. So there are eggs and here is one Yukon Gold potato that has been cut up into about one inch thick slices so we are going to put this potato into the oil first and you can hear it sizzle so there might be a little crust develop on that potato and then we are going to add some onions. I've used green onions, you can use white onions, any kind of onions you have on hand. Once this is brought up to temperature, we will pour the eggs and just pour them over the potatoes like so and kind of move them around so that the eggs are distributed evenly over the potatoes and let it cook. Sometimes it is a good idea to put a lid on it. A lid will make it cook a little bit faster. There is a lid right here that doesn't fit particularly well but that is okay. At the end of this process, we are going to have a nutritious lunch. Now if you wanted to guild the lilly, you can put some cheese on top of it, you can add some green peppers or maybe a little ham if you have it around. The classic tortilla is simply eggs and potatoes and onions but there is nothing that says you can't add stuff to it. At the end of two or three minutes, there you have a very satisfying or tasty lunch or supper. If you like these tips, check out my other tips on Expert Village. "