Kitchen Fiasco

I found a recipe on the internet that I wanted to try.  It was a dish from Spain called "tortilla de pisto"  

In Spain, a tortilla has no relation to the Mexican tortilla made from corn dough.  It is a kind of omelet very similar to the Italian "frittata".  The most famous Spanish tortilla is "tortilla española" which is made with eggs, potatoes and onions.  It is a dish that I have made numerous times. This "pisto" variation contains bell peppers, onion, zucchini, garlic and a can of drained diced tomatoes.  ("Pisto" is a Spanish vegetable stew similar to the French "ratatouille".)

I sauteed all the vegetable in a large frying pan.

It seemed that there were a lot of vegetables in relation to the number of eggs called for in the recipe.  So, I whisked ten eggs instead of six.

When the vegetables were cooked I added them to the bowl of eggs.

The mixture was put back in the frying pan and cooked over medium heat.

 This is where things get tricky.  Traditionally, you are supposed to flip the tortilla onto a plate and then slide it back into the pan to cook the other side.  Back in Ohio, instead of flipping the tortilla, I would put it in the oven under the broiler to cook the top.  (The recipe even mentioned this as an alternative to flipping,)  The problem is that ovens in Mexico (at least the ones that I have seen) do not have a broiler.  So I had to do the flip.  What a disaster.  I had uncooked egg running all over the counter.  Furthermore, even though I had cooked it for four minutes per the recipe, the bottom was almost burnt, and much of it was stuck to the pan.  I was ready to throw it all in the garbage, but I scraped the stuck portion onto the plate.

As my mother would have said, "It looked like slop."

To make it look better, I covered it with slices of Manchego cheese and put it in the microwave just long enough to melt the cheese.

I tried a slice, and it tasted good.  However, I must say that without the cheese it would have been rather bland.  I served it to Alejandro for supper.

I don't think I will be making this recipe again.