Spanish

Tortilla de Calabacin (Courgette and Onion Tortilla)

Name: Tortilla de Calabacin (Courgette and Onion Tortilla)
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Spanish
Ingredients: 1.5 lb zucchini, sliced; 1 onion, thinly sliced; 6 eggs; 4 tbsp olive oil; 1 tsp salt; 1/4 tsp black pepper

Pilar @pilar_zgz

Tortilla de Calabacin (Courgette and Onion Tortilla) is Spanish home cooking, eaten at dinner, lunch, and breakfast. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.

30 min Easy Low carb Heart healthy Eggetarian Pescatarian Gluten free Dairy free

Ingredients

Serves

The quantities follow this count.

1.5 lb zucchini, sliced
1 onion, thinly sliced
6 eggs
4 tbsp olive oil
1 tsp salt
1/4 tsp black pepper

How to cook it

Heat the olive oil in a nonstick skillet over medium heat and cook the zucchini and onion, stirring occasionally, for 12 to 15 minutes, until soft and lightly golden.
Beat the eggs in a large bowl, season with the salt and pepper, and stir in the softened zucchini and onion.
Wipe out the skillet, add a little more oil, and pour in the egg mixture, spreading it evenly, then cook over medium-low heat for 5 to 6 minutes, until the edges set and the bottom is golden.
Slide the tortilla onto a large plate, invert the skillet over it, and flip both together so the tortilla drops back in raw side down.
Cook for 3 to 4 minutes more, until just set in the center, and slide onto a plate to serve warm or at room temperature; the lighter summer version of the potato tortilla, a different vegetable and its own name.

Watch how to cook Tortilla de Calabacin (Courgette and Onion Tortilla)

Someone making it start to finish, so you can see what the steps look like.

Serve it with

A Spanish dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Tortilla de Calabacin (Courgette and Onion Tortilla), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.

Something to sip
- Ajoblanco (Chilled Malaga Almond and Garlic Soup)
  
  20 min
Something cool and fresh
- Boquerones en Vinagre (Vinegar-Cured Anchovies)
  
  15 min

Safe at your table

Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Tortilla de Calabacin (Courgette and Onion Tortilla) carries eggs. It is free of the remaining 9 allergens on that list.

Every tracked allergen in Tortilla de Calabacin (Courgette and Onion Tortilla)
Allergen	In this dish	Cook this instead
Peanuts	No
Tree nuts	No
Dairy	No
Gluten	No
Shellfish	No
Eggs	Yes	Ajoblanco (Chilled Malaga Almond and Garlic Soup)
Soy	No
Fish	No
Sesame	No
Coconut	No

These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.

What it brings to the plate

Estimated, per serving

Calories: 350 kcal
Protein: 15 g
Carbs: 12 g
Fat: 27 g
Fiber: 2 g
Sugar: 4 g
Sodium: 480 mg
Saturated fat: 5 g

Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.

When to cook it

Tortilla de Calabacin (Courgette and Onion Tortilla) takes about 30 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at dinner, lunch, and breakfast. It is at its best in summer, which is when what goes into it is worth buying.