How to cook spanish tortilla de patatas

[HunterTiger2100]

Tortillas de patatas is looks like an interesting dish. Perhaps, I will make one. This is good because of th vegetables. Oh, I love the eggs.

[Suryaman78]

David you are The Man! Today I tried your recipe, the tortilla was great!

You rock!!! Thanks!!!

[Barrrd]

thanks a lot, amigo!;P im making it now!;) i hope it will taste like those i ate in Spain!

[LR959]

I put a little pimenton in mine.

[bhorowitz2534]

japanese mandoline works great for slicing the potatoes super fast, and guaranteed even slices (be careful its very sharp)

[cjcjes]

loved this one for making the tortilla.....better than the other ones posted.....you got it right David.

[Casiopea8888]

Finally a good video about making Tortilla!!

Yes, people, this is the way to make it.

[barefootrobb]

Was looking around for these recipes and found your vid. Talisman is one of my favorite songs ;)

[commanderkeen42]

Good recipe; however, I always add in artichoke hearts and olives, sometimes ham. I find that without extras like the ones I said, it's kind of bland. Also, I like to cook it a little longer so it gets a little burnt, and the onions are carmelized. IT's good. Try it.

[donalddub1970]

nice job david , looks great .

[Ypuntopelota]

Pues a mí me parece que la tortilla se hace con patatas cortadas como indica el video, no en cubos, mi familia la ha hecho así toda la vida. Lo de los cubos es más para tortillas de bareto de esquina...

[poshpescatarian]

Love your recipe! I use the same ingredients, but use a different technique!

[Aigi1010]

Thanks!!!Looks good

[rchauvinbalusek]

gonna try this over the weekend.

[yosoyelMiguel]

spanish food is good

[leighbee13]

i'm making a small version of this for lunch today thanks!

[todopor]

Muchisssssimas gracias por hacer este video.Soy de espana pero vivo en USA por 7 anyos,y ya hechaba de menos comerme una buena tortilla de patatas.Ahora con este video,ya se como hacerla.

[lukebyrne08]

dis is the ratatouie of spain lol

[teawead]

lol and beat them!!!

[davidbeltra]

is it worng? how would you say it?

[teawead]

I'm not saying it's wrong, just that it's funny.

I would say "mix"" them.

[thekingofmoney2000]

Really? I hear people use that term all the time here in the US...even chefs on TV say it that way...in that case then an "egg beater" would be bad English...but what else would you call it?

[teawead]

I just think it's funny, not wrong or anything.

I usually say "mixing them together"" but never beat cause I would laugh. It's funny that's all.

[teawead]

I say it's funny cause you can't beat up food, I mean what did they do wrong?

LOL just kidding, still funny though

[liDesiGnl]

hhh

[Aitamidiaz]

el problema es que "beat" significa golpear, pegar, y al decirlo asi es como "dale una paliza a los huevos".

Espero no haberme equivocado y que hables Español. :-)

[kytata]

okay, I am not a native English speaker, but I am fairly sure, that "to beat eggs" is a widely used expression and it is not wrong in the least... i would even say that it is the most appropriate way of describing 'the action'...

[damcw]

It is correct to say "beat" eggs.

You also "beat" a rug when you want to clean it outside.

[smbogan]

@davidbeltra It is not wrong. I am a native English speaker, and we do in fact use the verb "to beat" for mixing eggs. Maybe his comment is that you said "and beat them" instead of "and beat the eggs"; I am not sure. Either way, what you said is not incorrect.

[meuhey]

i had lots of little ham cubes and also loooots of paprika and cayenne paper, I like it spicey!

[wworldchild]

why do people have to criticise? we have a saying here: as many cooks, as many habits. we can all improvise, that's the beauty of cooking.

i made a tortilla just now and it's great, i've cut my potatoes smaller and added more spices.

[chefcommons]

Nice work, we liked your video very much so we embedded it on ChefCommons w/ link back and reference to Youtube. (Let us know if you don't wish for it to be featured)

[latislim9]

Just about to cook gamon and found this tortilla will go very well with it. Thanks from your Brazilian friend.

[ajayaruna]

Any other common ingredients for the tortilla? Aside from potatoes and onions?

[davidbeltra]

the typical tortilla de patatas is just that, potatoes, onion and eggs, but if you feel like it you can try to add many other ingredients, like other vegetables or even tiny bacon strings... that wouldn't be the standard tortilla but tastes great too!

[ajayaruna]

Alright then :) Thanks...

[doclahoud]

thanks David! I was wondering approximately how long it takes to make the tortilla de patatas. It's almost 1pm here in Madrid right now, and wondered if I had enough to prepare one for lunch time at 2pm. wish me luck!

[davidbeltra]

yeah of course, 1 hour is enough! 10 minutes to cut and prepare everything, 15-20 minutes to cook the potatos and onion (depending on the thikness and kind of potato) and then 5 minutes or so to cook it with the egg (depending again on the thickness of the tortilla) so as you see, 1 hour is way enough time! ;)

[doclahoud]

Once again, I thank you.... I'm going to get right to it, right away.

[missfrostproof07]

Thank you, will do this tonight

[davidbeltra]

pues si te gustan mas cortadas a dados cortalas a dados, ningun problema, en cada casa la tortilla se hace de forma distinta, en la mia siempre se ha hecho así. En cuanto a lo de los huevos fijate en la cantidad de patata que hay, es uan tortilla bastante gruesa, con 2 huevos no habria suficiente y se romperia... si tantos problemas tienes con mi vídeo haz el tuyo con tu propia receta y ya está ;)

[davidbeltra]

I'm actually using 4 eggs... have you seen the video? I'm spanish by the way...

[PatataMachine]

you haven't see a "tortilla de patatas". You can't cut the potatoes these way, you have to cut them to make CUBES!!...

[davidbeltra]

you can cut them however you like them... that's my way to cook it and it tastes great ;)

[Gia694u]

Okay, i am absolutely in love with this song. Can anyone tell me who it is? Please.

[davidbeltra]

you just had to wait till the end of the credits, it's Talisman, from the group Air ;)

[Osmanospontonet]

Simply great! I ll try it at New Year's!:)

[yesterdayfeelings89]

Tiene buena pinta pero a mi me gustan que esten bien hechas y no acuosas, no se como estaba esa...

[madesthabber]

is this a breakfast meal?

[davidbeltra]

no, normally not. Spanish breakfasts are usually pretty light. but, hey! anytime is good for tortilla!!

[madesthabber]

thanks,

my girlfriend an I are going to Madrid for the first time in Jan and I was going to do some spanish cooking before we go so we'll no what to order when we get there

[NuevoJC]

There's too much onion in the "tortilla" of the video!

Only a bit is enough, or without onion.

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¡Hay demasiada cebolla en la tortilla del vídeo!

Sólo un poco es bastante, o sin cebolla.

[dLimboStick]

OMG. It looks so good, it makes me want to go cook one right now.

[djsergi084]

Mola, pero es un desperdicio echarle cebolla a la tortilla

salu2

[cungui]

Por favor!! Si la cebolla es básica!

[marbenx]

Cool, I've never seen it made by adding the potatoes into the eggs before, in our family we just throw the eggs in on top of the potato after draining the oil a bit. I might try it this way later today :)

[bafly]

poco aceite y se hace primero la patata, dado que tarda más, y luego la cebolla.

[davidbeltra]

si lo sabes hacer mejor adelante, haz tu propio video. Ésta es ni receta, yo la hago así y sale buena, te lo aseguro ;)

[ass347]

that's a great recipe. i love making spanish tortillas (and potatoes lyonnaise, basically the same without eggs) but i always screw up the flip part and end up with a scrambled, runny mess. maybe i need to use a lot of oil like you do. what potatoes do you use? yukon gold?

[davidbeltra]

nope, if you use too much oil when you add the mixture of potatoes and egg you'll have a problem when turning it... your hands will be covered in burning oil... you don't want that. Just try using a nice pan, and make sure the oil is really hot before you start making the tortilla. Btw i din't even know potatoes had names... yukon what? just the ones my mom buys... lol!

[cienmilpablos]

Tu eres guiri, verdad? Ademas las papas estan mas buenas cortadas en cuadraditos

[davidbeltra]

no no soy guiri, y una vez más te digo que cada uno hace la tortilla a su manera, en mi casa siempre se ha hecho así, así es como me gusta a mi y así es como enseño a hacerla... si crees que tu método es mejor haces un vídeo y lo cuelgas ;)

[Ypuntopelota]

papas? PATATAS!

[cienmilpablos]

not enought oil!!!!

[davidbeltra]

enough for me! remember you hace to COOK the potatoes and onion, not to FRY them, u dont want crispy stuff in your tortilla. Everyone has his own way to cook tortilla and believe me, mine tastes awesome! ;)