Andalusian Onion Omelet Recipe
- 7 c. Very finely minced onions 4 to 5 large onions
- 1/4 c. Extra virgin olive oil
- 4 x Large eggs Salt to taste
- Heat 1/4 c. extra virgin olive oil till it crinkles, but is not yet smoking.
- Put the finely minced onion to fry over a warm flame.
- Cover and don't stir during the first 20 min.
- Thereafter it will be necessary to stir the onions more and more frequently to prevent sticking.
- When the onions have been reduced to a soft, brown puree (after about an hour's cooking), put them aside for at least 5 min.
- (This much may be done several hrs in advance if more convenient.)
- Divide the onion mix in two and add in half to each of two bowls containing two Large eggs beaten with a generous amount of salt.
- Stir the mix.
- Reheat the frying pan.
- You shouldn't have to add in oil for the first omelet, but may need to for the second.
- When the oil is on the verge of smoking, pour in one mix and keep shaking the pan and sliding a spatula or possibly knife around the edges of the omelet to keep it free and to create a high, rounded edge.
- When the omelet is almost hard, hold a plate upside down against the frying pan; invert both, dropping the omelet onto the plate as you do so, then slip the omelet back into the pan browned side up.
- This is easiest to do if the plate you use fits neatly inside the frying pan.
- Shake the pan while the second side browns.
- Serve at once.
- Repeat for the second mix.
- Comments: "Catalan Onion Omelet" (recipe included in this database) is a good, rapidly made dish.
- "Andalusian Onion Omelet" is a kind of miracle; it is more than the sum of its parts.
- The long, slow frying of huge quantities of onion reduces them to a puree that blends with the Large eggs to produce an extraordinary dish, well worth the time it takes.
onions, extra virgin olive oil, eggs salt
Taken from cookeatshare.com/recipes/andalusian-onion-omelet-65107 (may not work)