Making a good potato omelette is an art. From choosing the proportion between potatoes and eggs, to the right amount of salt. Not to mention the always heated debate of with or without onion, as well as the point of curdling the egg. It could be said that up to this point everything is a matter of taste, but there is one moment in making the omelet that is always critical: turning it over.
Practice makes perfect and there are those who turn the tables without flinching. But it is undoubtedly a moment of tension, because the omelet can burn, break, slip from the sides, we can burn ourselves… To avoid messing it up when turning the potato omelet, there are a series of tips that facilitate a satisfactory result. Among them, the last one that chef José Andrés has revealed.
In his profile on the social network TikTok – where he has close to 600 thousand followers – chef José Andrés has shown the trick of Nico, chef at Mercado Little Spain, chef José Andrés’ restaurants in New York. “The definitive trick for the perfect tortilla twist,” promises the Asturian.
What Nico does to prevent the potato omelette from sticking when turning it is to wet the plate lightly with water before placing it on the pan to turn the omelet. In this way, once flipped, the omelette slides perfectly on the plate to return to the pan and cook on the other side. With the help of a tongue or a paddle, the cook rounds the edges again to give it the shape of the perfect tortilla.
