Green tortilla - an easy and exotic Spanish dish. The best culinary recipes on the gastronomy blog of Maria Kalenska.

Green tortilla

  • Prep time: 10 minutes
  • Cook time: 25 minutes
  • Serves: 2-4
  • Difficulty: easy
  • Course: main course
  • Cookware: deep frying pan 24 cm
  • Cuisine: Spanish

Ingredients

  • 5 eggs
  • 250 g spinach
  • 250 g peas, frozen
  • 2 shallots, finely chopped
  • 3 cloves of garlic, finely chopped
  • 4 tbsp olive oil
  • freshly ground black pepper
  • salt

Cooking method

Step 1

Heat the oven to 180°C. Heat 2 tbsp olive oil in a frying pan, and fry the shallots and garlic until the shallot is soft. Add spinach and peas. Cook for 3-5 minutes, until spinach and peas are done.

Green tortilla is cooked with olive oil

Green tortilla with shallots, peas and spinach

Step 2

Beat the eggs in a large bowl, add hot peas and spinach mixture. Mix well and season. Wipe out the frying pan dry, and heat 2 tbsp olive oil. When the pan is hot, pour in the egg mixture. When the mixture begins to set around the edges, reduce heat to low. Cook for 3-4 minutes until the sides and bottom are golden, but the middle is loose.

Step 3

Transfer the pan with the tortilla to the oven and bake for about 5 minutes, until the top is completely golden brown. Cover the pan with a plate or kitchen board and gently turn the tortilla onto it. Serve the tortilla hot.

Green tortilla - preparing the egg mixture

Green tortilla - bake in the oven until the top is completely golden brown

My tips and tricks:

The most unexpected thing about a tortilla is that, unlike many egg dishes, you don’t have to eat it right away. It will be delicious the next day if you warm it up. If you are very fond of cheese, before putting the tortilla in the oven, you can lightly scatter your favourite cheese over it, or simply add grated cheese to the egg mixture – ” You can never have too much of a good thing.”

If you don’t have a frying pan that can be put in the oven, you can cook the tortilla on the stove. When it’s done on one side, cover the pan with a kitchen board and gently turn the tortilla onto it. Slowly slide the tortilla off the board, back to the frying pan and cook for a further 3-4 minutes over medium heat.

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Recipe type: main course
Cuisine: Spanish
Serves: 2-4
Ingredients
  • 5 eggs
  • 250 g spinach
  • 250 g peas, frozen
  • 2 shallots, finely chopped
  • 3 cloves of garlic, finely chopped
  • 4 tbsp olive oil
  • freshly ground black pepper
  • salt
Cooking method
  1. Heat the oven to 180°C. Heat 2 tbsp olive oil in a frying pan, and fry the shallots and garlic until the shallot is soft. Add spinach and peas. Cook for 3-5 minutes, until spinach and peas are done.
  2. Beat the eggs in a large bowl, add hot peas and spinach mixture. Mix well and season. Wipe out the frying pan dry, and heat 2 tbsp olive oil. When the pan is hot, pour in the egg mixture. When the mixture begins to set around the edges, reduce heat to low. Cook for 3-4 minutes until the sides and bottom are golden, but the middle is loose.
  3. Transfer the pan with the tortilla to the oven and bake for about 5 minutes, until the top is completely golden brown. Cover the pan with a plate or kitchen board and gently turn the tortilla onto it. Serve the tortilla hot.
My tips and tricks
The most unexpected thing about a tortilla is that, unlike many egg dishes, you don't have to eat it right away. It will be delicious the next day if you warm it up. If you are very fond of cheese, before putting the tortilla in the oven, you can lightly scatter your favourite cheese over it, or simply add grated cheese to the egg mixture - " You can never have too much of a good thing."
If you don't have a frying pan that can be put in the oven, you can cook the tortilla on the stove. When it's done on one side, cover the pan with a kitchen board and gently turn the tortilla onto it. Slowly slide the tortilla off the board, back to the frying pan and cook for a further 3-4 minutes over medium heat.