Perfect alongside any dish, or just on their own — make plenty, because they'll disappear before you know it. Ingredients 1 kg potatoes Sliced salty ham, cut very thin (50-70 gr) 50 gr milk 25 gr butter, at room temperature 2 whole eggs 2 heaping tablespoons cornstarch 1 teaspoon baking powder Salt Olive oil for frying Preparation Rinse the potatoes and boil them unpeeled in cold salted water for 30 minutes. Test if they're done by poking them with a toothpick. Peel them carefully so you don't burn yourself, then pass them through a potato ricer along with the butter. Add the ham chopped very fine, and the cornstarch dissolved in the milk. Let it cool, then keep it in the fridge until you're ready to fry. In a deep pan, heat plenty of oil. Using one spoon to scoop and another to help, form the fritters from the batter and drop them into the hot oil. As they finish frying, place them on a tray lined with paper towels to soak up the extra oil....
Tortillas turn out much lighter when you don't fry the vegetables first. For this one, I cooked the potato, zucchini, and onion in the microwave, and it came out just as tasty! My grandmother always fried everything in plenty of oil, but this method cuts down on the grease without losing any of that home-cooked flavor.
Ingredients
- 1 large potato.
- 1 spring onion.
- 1 small zucchini.
- 4 whole eggs.
- salt.
- extra virgin olive oil.
Preparation
- Wash and peel the potato, onion, and zucchini, then cut everything into pieces suitable for a tortilla.
- Put them in a bowl with 4 tablespoons of water, season with salt, and drizzle some oil on top. Cover the bowl with a lid (preferably not plastic).
- Pop it in the microwave and set it to maximum power for 14 minutes. Keep in mind that cooking time depends on the quantity and weight of what you're making — more vegetables mean more time needed.
- Once everything is cooked through, mix it with the eggs that you've beaten with a pinch of salt. Add a few drops of oil to your pan and heat it up, pour in the egg mixture, and make your tortilla.