Another trip to Italy (Part12): Frittata

On June 26, Friday, three students at Romanica is leaving, including me. So, at class, Yurika, a Japanese girl is going to bring Italian cakes for us. Jorge, a Spanish man from Zaragoza volunteered to make Spanish omelettes / Tortilla de patatas.
As I wanted to learn a correct way of making Tortilla, I asked him.
"If you make some tortilla, can I come to see how you do it? I can also help you."
"OK, we first go to the market to buy ingredients" Jorge answered."
After grocery shopping at the market, we went to Jorge's appartment to prepare it.
He said "Tortilla should be cooked a day before you serve."

OK, here is a recepe:
-Spanish Omelettes (EN) / Tortilla de patatas (ES) / Frittata (IT)-

Ingredients (4 - 5 persons)
- 4 or 5 large potatoes
- 4 eggs
- 1 midium size onion
- Salt
- Olive oil (for frying)

1. Slice potatoes and an onion. The thickness of potatoes should be around 4mm. If a slice is too thick, it takes more time to become soft. Beat eggs in a bowl and add some salt.

2. Pour olive oil on a large frying pan and heat it. It is advisable to use a tefron-coated pan in order to avoid the result that the ingredients stick to the bottom of a pan.
3. Add potato. Turn the potato every now and then.Add some salt.
4. Once potatoes become softer, then add slices of onion. Turn the potato every now and then. Once fried, break potatoes



5. Once the ingredients are cooked, remove extra oil. Do not forget to squeeze fried potato a bit so that oil can be removed. Then put the fried potato and onion into the bowl. Mix it well with the beaten egg.

6. The pan should be heated in a middium heat. Then add the mixture. Once the mixture starts to be cooked, Shake the pan slightly right and left so that the mixture starts to form a round omelletes.

7. Once one side is cooked, place a large plate over the pan. Turn the upside down. (This is the most difficult part.) From the plate, put back the half cooked omelettes onto the pan. Then cook the other side.



If you succeed, the omelettes should be like the picture above. You need a Spanish Mama or a Spanish man to explain how to cook. To cook the Spanish Omelettes for 4 or more people, you need to be a little macho.