Potato and chorizo omelette

Jamie Oliver Potato and chorizo omelette with a kinda parsley salad recipe

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Jamie Oliver

Date Published:
22/10/2007

Jamie:

"This omelette is a cross between a Spanish tortilla and an Italian frittata. It's Spanish because of the chorizo and potato, but a little Italian too because I like to finish it off in the oven instead of on the hob, so it puffs up like a soufflé. It has all the things I love in it – potatoes, sausage and eggs"

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Ingredients

  • 4 small waxy potatoes, scrubbed and cut into chunks
  • Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • 6 large free-range or organic eggs
  • 2 x 60g good-quality Spanish chorizo sausages, cut into 1cm thick slices
  • 2 sprigs of fresh rosemary, leaves picked
  • 2 shallots, peeled and very finely sliced
  • Juice of 1 lemon
  • Extra virgin olive oil
  • A bunch of fresh flat-leaf parsley, leaves picked

Method: How to make potato and chorizo omelette with a kinda parsley salad

1. Preheat your oven to full whack, or get your grill nice and hot. Put the potatoes into a saucepan of boiling salted water and simmer them until cooked, then drain in a colander and leave them to steam dry. Beat the eggs with a fork in a large mixing bowl, season well with salt and pepper, and put to one side.

2. Heat a 20cm non-stick, ovenproof frying pan. Add the chorizo slices and the potato chunks. The chorizo will start to sizzle, releasing all its tasty oils and spices. After a couple of minutes, when everything's lightly golden and crisp, remove from the pan with a slotted spoon and put to one side. Sprinkle the rosemary leaves into the hot fat. As soon as they hit the pan, they'll start to crisp up. Pour the beaten eggs on top immediately, adding the potatoes and chorizo and spreading everything out evenly. Place the whole pan in the preheated oven or under the grill until the omelette is golden brown on top and just cooked through in the middle.

3. While the omelette is cooking, put the shallots into a bowl with the lemon juice, some salt and pepper and a glug of extra virgin olive oil. Toss and pinch the shallots with your fingertips to soften them slightly, then mix in the parsley leaves. Serve a little on top of the omelette and tuck in!

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Recipe taken from Jamie At Home by Jamie Oliver
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  1. absolutely amazing. I can't believe how well this worked.
    Posted by mattl on 26/10/2008 10:45:01
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