As you can see, Frank Camorra makes his tortilla (Spanish omelette) in the great outdoors over open flame. You can do it his way, or go Thermo-style with our fabulous Varoma tortilla. It’s really so delicious – I’m thrilled with how this Thermomix method turns out. I’ve got a separate video below that demonstrates the ‘Varoma flip’ method that I use.
Vary the inclusions in this recipe to suit: it’s easy to make it vegetarian by leaving out the chorizo sausage. You could add shredded chicken or ham, peas, chopped broccoli and a handful of cheese too.
Serves: 4 or 6 as a light meal with salad
Time: 1 hour
Dani’s Thermomix Tortilla Frank’s Riverside Tortilla
Ingredients
- 700 grams (25 oz) water, for Thermomix method only
- 300 grams (10.6 oz) potatoes, peeled and cut into 1cm (0.5in) cubes (see Tips)
- 50 grams (2 oz) extra virgin olive oil, more if cooking Frank’s version
- 8 eggs, lightly whisked, or up to 12 if cooking Frank’s version
- a few drops saffron essence, optional, whisked in with the eggs (see Tips)
- 1 garlic clove, finely chopped
- 120 grams (4.4 oz) mushrooms, sliced
- 1 cured chorizo sausage, thinly sliced, optional
- 1 tsp flaked salt, or to taste
- pepper, to taste
- salad greens, to serve
Thermomix Method
1. Place water in mixing bowl. Line steamer basket with two sheets of baking paper so that it’s watertight. Set steamer basket in place. Put potatoes in basket. Add olive oil and mix through. Cook 20 min/Varoma/speed 2. (Potatoes can still be a little firm at this point.)
2. Remove steamer basket. Take one sheet of baking paper large enough to line the Varoma tray with some overhanging. Scrunch baking paper and dampen briefly under the tap. Flatten out to line Varoma. (The water helps it lie flat and form the shape of the Varoma.)
3. Place potatoes, mushroom, chorizo, if using, and garlic on lined Varoma tray and gently mix. Pour over whipped eggs. Tuck sides of Varoma up and set Varoma and lid in place. Cook 18 min/Varoma/speed 2, or until just set.
4. This next step is optional but very fun! It’s the Thermomix version of my tortilla flip around 12:40 in the video. See the special mini-demo video below. Remove Varoma and take off the lid. Place a sheet of baking paper on top of tortilla, large enough to cover it. Replace Varoma lid and flip the whole Varoma so that it’s upside down. Lift the Varoma dish and tray so that the tortilla is on the new sheet of baking paper, resting on the upturned lid. Return Varoma dish and tray to right-side up and slide tortilla on its sheet of baking paper back onto Varoma tray. Cook 3 min/Varoma/speed 2.
Serve with salad greens. It can be as simple as rocket leaves tossed with a little olive oil, or perhaps my Bitter Greens with Truffle Vinaigrette or Pear Coleslaw.
Riverside Method
- Place potatoes in a pan over medium-high heat and cover with olive oil. Turn heat down to low, cover, and cook for about 20 minutes or until potatoes are tender. Strain potatoes.
- Turn heat up to medium and add chorizo, stirring to release the oils and paprika flavour.
- Add mushrooms and cook until soft. Add a little salt and the garlic.
- Crack eggs into a bowl and gently whisk with a little saffron essence, if using, and salt.
- Mix eggs with potato, keeping some egg back to use for ‘patching’. Mix in chorizo and mushrooms too.
- Add a little olive oil to pan then add egg mixture. Cook, moving mixture from outside towards centre until almost set. Cover with a lid or large plate and upturn pan so tortilla rests on lid or plate. Slide back into pan, repairing any cracks with extra egg, if necessary. Flip again, cover and turn heat down to gently cook tortilla so eggs are just set all the way through. Turn again, fixing cracks with extra egg as necessary before sliding onto a plate to serve.
Serve with salad greens. It can be as simple as rocket leaves tossed with a little olive oil, or perhaps my Bitter Greens with Truffle Vinaigrette or Pear Coleslaw.
Tips
- Use a waxy potato such as Royal Blue for this tortilla. Learn more about potatoes here.
- The saffron is optional but it does give a very particular Spanish tone to this tortilla. Buy Gamila’s saffron essence or, alternatively, add a few saffron strands.
Variations
- Vary the inclusions in this recipe to suit: it’s easy to make it vegetarian by leaving out the chorizo sausage. You could add shredded chicken or ham, peas, chopped broccoli and a handful of cheese too.
- Make a smaller tortilla by halving the quantities and making it in the Varoma dish instead.
More about this video
- See more videos from Victoria’s High Country here and learn more about the eggs, saffron, garlic and chorizo we use in this tortilla.
- Frank falls in love with the Gamze chorizo.
- Buy Gamila’s saffron essence.
- Want more healthy, simple, veg-focused meals for the whole family? Check out my list over here and while you’re there, watch my interview with cooking legend Stephanie Alexander and chef Curtis Stone.
- A girl’s gotta get dressed. Today I’m wearing Obus.
