Spanish Tortilla

In Spain they eat a lot of Spanish tortilla. This last weekend I made a couple of them. They aren't too hard to make, use cheap ingredients, and are pretty tasty.

6-7 medium sized potatoes, pealed
1/2 onion (optional)
1 liter vegetable oil
6 eggs
1/3 cup milk
salt

1. First cut the pealed potatoes into quarters, length-wise. Then, cut the quarters into thin slices.
2. Dice the onion into small pieces.
3. Put the oil into a large pot or skillet and put on medium-high heat.
4. Add the sliced potatoes and onion to the oil and bring to a boil.


5. Let boil until potatoes begin to brown and become tender.
6. Strain potatoes and set aside, leaving oil in a separate pan (once the oil cools down you can store it if you'd like and use the oil again next time, or for frying other things).
7. In a mixing bowl, beat eggs with a fork until well beaten. Add milk to eggs.
8. Stir fried potatoes/onions into egg mixture. Lightly sprinkle with salt to taste.


9. Place a small amount of oil (olive oil is best, it's more spanish) into a non-stick frying pan and heat at medium temperature (can use same pan that you used to fry the potatoes, for less cleanup).
10. Dump the potato/egg mixture into the frying pan.
11. Allow to cook for 4-5 minutes or until the bottom is a nice gold brown (top will still be runny).


12. Now comes the fun part. Take a large plate and place it on top of the frying pan (or maybe a cookie sheet if a plate won't cover the top of your frying pan). With your right hand holding frying pan handle, and your left hand on top of the plate, flip the tortilla over, onto the plate. Be careful not to burn yourself though lol, make sure that the plate will cover the top of the frying pan.
13. Place a small amount of oil into the frying pan. Now, slide the tortilla off of the plate and back into the frying pan, so that the opposite side can cook.
14. Let cook 4-5 minutes or until bottom is golden brown.
15. Flip the tortilla back onto a clean plate and enjoy.


So I didn't really realize how many steps there were until I started writing it out. It's not too hard though, and it's kinda fun to make. It is common in Spain to cut this into smaller chunks and eat it as a sandwich on top of some french bread along with tomatoes and mayo. But if you want to eat it american style just cut it into small bites and dip in ketchup.