Spain
Photo: Kent Wang, CC BY-SA 2.0, croppedTortilla de patatas
/toɾˈtiʎa ðe paˈtatas/tor-TEE-yah deh pah-TAH-tahs
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- Taste
- Savory
- Made with
- EggPotato
History
The Spanish tortilla is a thick omelette of eggs and potatoes slowly cooked in olive oil, usually with onion, flipped in the pan with a plate. A letter written in 1817 to the Navarre courts mentions it, and popular stories credit various people, including a widow who fed a Carlist general during the 19th-century wars, but nobody really knows. Potatoes had arrived from the Americas, and the dish turned a few cheap ingredients into a meal. Spain is divided between those who add onion and those who don't, and between runny and set. It is served in every bar as a tapa, warm or at room temperature.
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