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Tortilla Espanola

by Chef John Simmons

Summary: Delicious and easy one pan dish; made with potato & onion having soufflé texture from eggs and sauce made with rooster sauce and apple cider vinegar.

Prep time and Cooking time (duration): 30 minutes

Number of servings (yield): 6

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Ingredients for Tortilla Espanola

  • 1 big onion
  • 1 large potato
  • 3 Garlic cloves
  • 2 Tablespoon rooster sauce
  • 2 Tablespoon apple cider vinegar
  • 1 teaspoon sugar
  • Fresh parsley
  • 6 eggs
  • Salt
  • Black pepper
  • Cooking oil

Get Ready To Work in “Real Time” to Make Tortilla Espanola:

Get out these items and utensils: Knife for chopping, 2 bowls, 1 skillet, 1 strainer, tooth picks

Get from your pantry: Salt, cooking oil, Sugar, rooster sauce, onion, potato, black pepper, garlic, apple cider vinegar

Get from your refrigerator: Fresh parsley, eggs

Pre-prepare the following:

  • Peel and make thin slices of onion.
  • Peel and make thin slices of potato.
  • Finely mince garlic.
  • Break eggs and Wisk it. While wisking try to incorporate some air.
  • Preheat the oven at 450 degrees.

Begin to cook with Chef Simmons:

  1. Heat the pan and three tablespoons of oil.
  2. Put thinly sliced onion in it.
  3. Sprinkle salt and freshly grounded pepper.
  4. Add minced garlic in the pan.
  5. Sauté it till onion changes its color to golden brown.
  6. Lay finely sliced potato in the pan.
  7. Sprinkle salt and freshly grounded pepper.
  8. Fill the pan with oil up to brim of the skillet.
  9. Poach the potato till it is completely cooked
  10. Drain all the oil with the help of strainer.
  11. Shift all the onion and potato back into the skillet after drawing all the oil.
  12. Pour the eggs into the skillet on top of onion and potato just enough to cover them.
  13. Cook egg through half way for about 3 minutes.
  14. Put the skillet in the oven for 10 minutes.

Prepare sauce

  1. Pour rooster sauce in the bowl.
  2. Pour apple cider vinegar.
  3. Add sugar.
  4. Pour 100ml water.
  5. Mix everything thoroughly.

Make Tortilla Espanola

  1. Take the pan from the oven and let it cool for 5 minutes.
  2. Invert it on a cutting board.
  3. Make cubes with the knife.
  4. Put tooth pick on each of the cube.

To serve:

  1. Lay the cubes on the serving plate.
  2. Pour sauce on it.
  3. Garnish it with freshly chopped parsley.

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