How To Make A Healthy Spanish Omelette For Dinner In Four Minutes Flat

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How To Make A Healthy Spanish Omelette For Dinner In Four Minutes Flat

by Jess Commons |
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Spanish Omelette, or Tortilla Espanola, is an incredible dish. Who knew that some slices of potato and egg could taste so darn good? And when you add some jamon and charred peppers into the mix… WOAH. If you’re feeling authentic and Catalonian then you need to be nursing this slowly in a heavy bottomed griddle pan for an hour. Yes, you heard right: an hour. For what is ostensibly a very nice omelette – no thanks. Instead, we’ve figured out a way to make it in a microwave and it tastes almost as good as the proper one we had at Iberica the other day (almost)…

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Spanish Omelette

Ingredients

1 large waxy potato

Few slices Serrano ham or similar (don’t get anything too fancy as it will be lost in this recipe. I’m a fan of this Lidl pack of Serrano)

4 eggs

Olive oil

Few pieces roasted pepper – I LOVE these Odysea ones from Waitrose as they taste suitably holiday-like

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    This article originally appeared on The Debrief.

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