Very happy to share this recipe with you all as it is just delicious! This was one of the dishes I made for our Royal Wedding Luncheon in celebration of Prince Harry and Megan Markle's marriage on May 19th 2018. It was my first time making this and I was very pleased with how it turned out - everyone loved it! Recipe from "Appetizers" cookbook by Martha Stewart.#nikicuisine #mycookbook

Potatoes are the key ingredient in a great Spanish tortilla, so it's important to choose them well. Varieties like Yukon Gold or Kennebec, with thin skins and yellow flesh, are perfect. You can easily find them at most grocery stores.

The spanish tortilla, unlike the omelette or quiche, is cooked completely on the stove, has soft, juicy, spongy and tasty consistency. A spanish tortilla can have vegetables, herbs/spices added to achieve different flavor profiles, in regular omelettes or quiches they are added in lesser quantities.I hope you like the recipe and try it at home 🙂

The thicker, the better!

I usually make Spanish potato omelette by sautéing the potatoes in oil, but this time I was short on time and decided to make a healthier, quicker version by cooking the potatoes in the microwave without oil.

My grandma used to make this tortilla, and my dad loved it—as did everyone at home. I made this in memory of my dad. I love you, Dad!

In this challenge, I chose to make tortilla de patatas as a tribute to my mother. My father doesn’t like finding big pieces of onion in the tortilla, so my mother always sliced the potatoes and especially the onion very thinly. That way, my father wouldn’t notice the onion, and my mother could add as much as she wanted, giving the tortilla more flavor. Many people won’t even try tortilla if they know it has onion, but my mother managed to fool more than one person. After they finished eating, she would always ask, “Did you like it?” and they always said yes, that it was delicious. Then she would tell them it had onion in it. Another thing she did to make the tortilla delicious was to cook it over very low heat so the potatoes wouldn’t burn and would turn out nice and tender.

I had this a few times while travelling in Spain, so when I got home I wanted to learn how to make it. All of the recipes I could find have about the same ingredients (it's a very basic recipe), but I wanted to learn more about the technique to make it just like they do in Spain. I'm posting this here hoping that some of you cooking pros will chime in with some advice on how to make the perfect tortilla!

I love it, in all its variations.

Here’s my recipe for Spanish potato omelette. I like it with the eggs well set and with onion.

Recipe video: https://youtu.be/QaVYMR-vS6I