Spanish food recipes - Piperrada (Basque pepper omlette)

you will need
2 pepper (red, green or yellow) roasted, skinned and deseeded, then cut into strips
garlic finely chopped
1 small onion thinly sliced
2 large tomatoes peeled and seeded
serrano ham cut into strips
8 eggs, beaten

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Heat some oil in a pan and add the garlic and onion, allow to cook for a few minutes. Now add the ham, tomatoes and peppers and fry for 15 minutes until most of the liquid has evaporated. Tip this mixture into a clean bowl and put to one side. In the frying pan heat a little oil and pour in the eggs. Cook gently until starting to set, then add the pepper mixture, cover the pan with a lid (or aluminium foil) and leave on a very low heat for 5 to 10 minutes to finish cooking.
serves 4

Spanish egg recipes

Tortilla Espanola (Spanish Omlette)
Tortilla Espinacas (Spinach omlette)
Tortilla Murciana (Murcia Omlette)
Piperrada (Basque omlette with pimientos)
Huevos al modo de soller (Mallorcan eggs)
Huevos Serranos (Mountain Eggs)
Huevos a la Cordobesa (Eggs in Córdoba style)
Huevos a la Flamenca (Eggs with ham and tomatoes)
Huevos en salsa de almendras (Eggs in almond sauce)

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