When Freddie and I went upstate final month, we invited the fantastic Jenny Rosenstrach and her husband Andy over for dinner…
Freddie made breaded shrimp and vegetable linguine, and Jenny introduced the salad, and it was such a pleasure to be round her once more!
Blurry picture, taken whereas laughing
As it’s possible you’ll keep in mind, Jenny wrote the Cup of Jo meals column for seven years — with absolute bangers like 5 issues to do with corn and tomatoes, a slice-and-bake cookie style take a look at, and the #1 factor she’d inform new mother and father about household dinner — and she or he, in fact, has written bestselling cookbooks and runs the favored weekly publication, Dinner: A Love Story.
This morning, I known as her to ask if we might publish a recipe of hers, for outdated occasions’ sake — and, all the time beneficiant, she stated in fact. So, I selected this scrumptious Spanish tortilla — much like a frittata, however with potatoes — which you can have for breakfast, lunch, snacks, or dinner. My stepfather used to make this on a regular basis — together with the very first time I met him — so it feels very homey to me, though he made his solely on the range. Additionally, if you happen to’ve made these so much, please weigh in with any ideas or ideas!
Tortilla Española
by Jenny Rosenstrach, impressed by the one she had at Boqueria
1 1/2 cups extra-virgin olive oil
2 kilos giant Yukon Gold potatoes, peeled, quartered, minimize into 1/4-inch slices
1 onion, quartered, thinly sliced
2 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt
8 giant eggs, overwhelmed to mix
Warmth oil in a big ovenproof skillet over medium warmth. Add potatoes, onion, and salt. Use a heatproof spatula to coat potatoes with oil. When oil begins to bubble, scale back warmth to medium-low and cook dinner, turning regularly, till potatoes are tender however not browned, 20-25 minutes.
Utilizing a slotted spoon, switch potatoes and onion to a big heatproof bowl. Add eggs and stir gently to mix; don’t break up potatoes. Pressure oil right into a glass measuring cup; wipe out skillet.
Warmth 3 tablespoons reserved oil from measuring cup in skillet over medium-high warmth. Add egg-potato combination and cook dinner, stirring continually however gently to maintain potatoes intact, till eggs start to set (eggs will look scrambled), about 2 minutes. Unfold combination in a fair layer; scale back warmth to medium-low. Preheat broiler to excessive.
Cook dinner tortilla, shaking pan often to stop it from sticking, till eggs are almost cooked by means of, about 12 minutes. Switch skillet to oven and broil till high of tortilla is simply cooked, about 2 minutes.
Take away from oven. Invert a big plate over skillet. Utilizing oven mitts (skillet and potatoes can be extremely popular; use warning), maintain plate firmly over skillet and flip, releasing tortilla onto plate. Let sit at room temperature for at the very least 20 minutes and as much as 2 hours earlier than serving. Tortilla is scrumptious at room temperature or chilled, proper out of the fridge, the subsequent day.
Suggestion: Serve, if you happen to’d like, with sliced peak-season tomatoes with actually good olive oil and sea salt. A tomato salad in August goes to enhance something. As Julius Roberts says, “simply allow them to do the speaking.” Aspect observe: Julius Roberts is so sizzling, the way in which he cooks is so sizzling, my husband and my DMs on Instagram are 90% canines and 10% Julius Roberts.
What are you cooking nowadays? And if you happen to miss Jenny as a lot as I do, you possibly can join her Dinner: A Love Story publication right here. xoxo
P.S. Extra Jenny posts that we cherished:
* the fish sandwich I make as soon as every week
* hen parm meatballs
* pasta with broccoli pesto
* the easy inexperienced salad on my dinner desk 9 occasions out of ten
* 5 rotisserie hen dinners
* a potato salad trick
* lazy man’s ratatouille
* smashed pea toasts with ricotta
* a crisp for all seasons
* methods to get your children to speak at dinner
* Dealer Joe’s knock-offs vs. authentic manufacturers: which is healthier?
* vanilla ice cream style take a look at
* the restaurant shock I’m nonetheless fascinated with twenty years later
* methods to be a very good dinner visitor: seven guidelines
