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Spanish omelette
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Spanish omelette

Thick, golden and made from eggs and potatoes. Great hot or cold in lunchboxes.

Time 35 min
EffortEasy
Per portionΒ£1.57
Calories355 kcal

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Ingredients

4 servings
  • Free-range eggs8 eggs
  • White potatoes600 g
  • Brown onions150 g
  • Peppers1 pepper
  • Frozen peas100 g
  • Lettuce1 lettuce

Also uses from the cupboard: vegetable oil, table salt, ground black pepper. Missing any? You can add them to your shop on the shopping list.

Usually contains: Egg.

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Nutrition per adult portion
355
calories
19g
protein
34g
carbs
16g
fat
5g
fibre

Estimated from typical ingredient values, including a teaspoon of oil. Children's portions are smaller.

Method

You'll need
  • Grill
  1. Peel the potatoes and cut into slices about as thick as a pound coin. Thinly slice the onion. Heat 4 tablespoons of oil in a non-stick frying pan over a medium-low heat, add the potatoes and onion with a good pinch of salt, and cook gently for 15 minutes, turning now and then, until soft but not browned.600 g white potatoes150 g brown onions
  2. Crack the eggs into a large bowl and whisk with salt and pepper. Dice the pepper. Lift the potatoes and onion out of the pan with a slotted spoon and stir them into the eggs along with the pepper and the peas.8 eggs1 pepper100 g frozen peas
  3. Leave about a tablespoon of oil in the pan and pour the mixture back in. Cook on a low heat for 10 minutes without stirring, until the edges are set and only the top is still wobbly. Heat the grill to high.
  4. Slide the pan under the grill for 3 to 4 minutes until the top is set and golden. Leave for 5 minutes, then turn out and cut into wedges. Serve with the lettuce, torn into a simple salad.1 lettuce
The trick that makes it

Cook the potatoes and onion slowly until soft and sweet. That gentle start is the whole trick.

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