Less than two weeks left to go and I'm cramming in as much Spanish culture as I can. This means cooking lessons, something I've managed to avoid even in the United States throughout most of my life, but I figured I'd need something to prove I'd been here (and thank the parents for their financial help) and a good traditional Spanish dish seemed right! Not to mention, of all the food I'll miss in Spain, I'll miss the "Tortilla con Patatas" most. (Note: not the ham.)
As you can probably tell from the picture above, the Spanish tortilla is almost nothing like Mexican tortilla we are all so familiar with, except that they're both flat and round. The Spanish tortilla is much more similar to an omelette, the ingredients I learned to use include potatoes, eggs, olive oil and salt. That's seriously it. I'm sure there are other variations out there, but with my less-than-advanced level of cooking skills, the easier the better. The process essentially involves mixing all of the ingredients together in a big bowl, and then frying it. Easy enough, yet I still managed to break the first one when trying to flip it over. This dish in my house is always accompanied by a tomato salad which is somehow even easier than the tortilla. All the salad include is tomatoes, salt, vinegar, and olive oil. (Spaniards love olive oil almost as much as they love ham.) I don't know if I'll ever be able to live up to the cooking styles of my host-mom, Pepi, but I'll sure by trying when I get back to Colorado! If you're interested in sampling some, just show up with some potatoes and I'll show you how to make this delicious, simple, cheap dish. Or you can check out this website below which includes onions in the recipe, so it's a little too fancy for me, but I have confidence in you to figure it out!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/tortillaspanishomele_67957
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