Rancho Tortilla Espanola

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 2 medium potatoes, preferably yukon gold (about 1 lb.)
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
• 1 medium leek, split lengthwise, cleaned well, and cut into thin half-moons ( and light green parts)
• 1 red bell pepper, roasted over an open flame, peeled, and sliced into thin strips (pepper may be roasted in a broiler)
• 1/4 cup kalamata olive, pitted and sliced
• 8 large eggs
• salt
• fresh ground black pepper
• tabasco sauce (to taste)
• 2 -3 tablespoons grated manchego cheese or 2 -3 tablespoons parmesan cheese
• extra virgin olive oil

Recipe

• 1 cover the potatoes with salted water; bring to a boil; cook about 20 minutes until just tender when pierced with a fork (they should retain some firmness); drain.
• 2 when cool enough to handle, peel and slice very thin.
• 3 preheat oven to 350°; warm olive oil in a nonstick 10-inch ovenproof skillet over medium heat.
• 4 add in butter; when melted, stir in the leek; saute for 2 minutes until beginning to soften.
• 5 add in potato slices and saute until lightly colored and glistening with oil, turning them carefully to coat all of them.
• 6 stir in bell pepper and olives and pat the mixture back down in a solid layer.
• 7 in a big bowl, whisk eggs, a generous amount of salt and pepper, and tabasco sauce until uniformly yellow.
• 8 pour the eggs over the potato mixture and let mixture sit for 1 minute.
• 9 then stir it up from the bottom with a spatula and pat it all back down.
• 10 sprinkle the cheese over the top; cook 2 minutes longer, then transfer the skillet to the oven.
• 11 bake 5 -7 minutes, until set and beginning to pull away from the skillet’s edge.
• 12 remove from oven and drizzle a little olive oil around the edge, then loosen around the edge with a spatula or knife.
• 13 cool for several minutes, then slide the tortilla out onto a serving plate; cut into wedges and serve, drizzled with a bit more oil.
• 14 serve warm or at room temperature (don’t let is sit out for a long time).