New Potato, Courgette & Tarragon Tortilla

What started off as an enthusiastic project this year ended up in an overgrown mess in our backyard. I so wanted to have a flourishing vegetable garden this year, being able to eat from the plants as we need them, but alas, it didn’t happen.

Things were more or less under control until we went to Ireland for a week and when we came back weeds that came from nowhere were towering over my plants.

That’s okay, I thought, I’ll just get them and the next day set about removing them. For three days in a row I weeded 10 bucket loads of the pesty plants, but to no avail. I gave up. The garden won this year.

Since last year we started growing our own potatoes in big tubs on the porch. They are quite fun to grow, because they don’t easily get weeds and they’re low maintenance.

When the leaves and stems die down, it means the potatoes are ready for harvesting. And so I did. There is something very therapeutic about getting your hands covered with soil and digging deeply for potatoes.

When the first potato makes and appearance it’s a breathtaking sight and feeling and many soon follow. Eating them fresh is a rare experience, since supermarket ones tend to be every so slightly soft, yellowing and just plain old.

Fresh potatoes are hard as rock and when you slice through it, the most wonderful white flesh; just perfect.

To do these little starchy gems justice, I used them in this tortilla, adapted from one of Good Housekeeping’s recipes. Simply superb!

If you have your own vegetable patch and don’t know what to do with those big marrows lying around, have a look at this roast marrow recipe.

New Potato, Courgette & Tarragon Tortilla 

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• Author: Michelle Minnaar
• Prep Time: 25 minutes
• Cook Time: 5 minutes
• Total Time: 30 minutes
• Yield: 4 1x

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Ingredients

• 700g (1½ lb) new potatoes
• 30ml (2 tbsp) olive oil
• 1 onion, peeled and sliced thinly
• salt and pepper
• 400g (1 lb) courgettes, thinly sliced
• 6 eggs
• 30ml (2 tbsp) freshly chopped tarragon

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Instructions

1. Wash the potatoes and cut them in 1cm (½ inch) slices. Boil the potatoes in salted water for about 5 minutes or until just tender. Drain and set aside.
2. Heat the oil in a large non-stick frying pan and fry the onion gently for about 10 minutes or until it is soft, golden and sweet.
3. Add the courgettes, then cover and cook for a further 5-10 minutes.
4. Beat the eggs and tarragon together and season to taste with salt and pepper. Pour the egg mixture over the vegetables and return to the heat.
5. At this stage if you have a lid for the pan you can cover it and simply let it cook through, which can take anywhere between 5 to 10 minutes. If not, cook very gently for 5-8 minutes until golden underneath and almost set through.
6. Place the pan under a pre-heated grill for 5 minutes or until browned. If you do not have a grill, carefully slide the omelette out onto a large plate, hold the frying pan over the top, then flip the omelette back into the pan and the other side for 5 minutes or so until browned. Cut into wedges and serve.

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Notes

• Serve with a crispy mixed leaf salad with spicy mustard vinaigrette.
• If you’re not a fan of Tarragon, simply leave it out.
• If you don’t want to boil the potatoes first you can slice them thinly and add them to raw onion and fry them slowly. More oil or butter will be needed though. When the potatoes and onions are tender and then simply add the eggs. In total the cooking time will be longer.

Nutrition

• Serving Size: 1 serving
• Calories: 325
• Sugar: 1.5 g
• Sodium: 22 mg
• Fat: 7 g
• Carbohydrates: 1.5 g
• Fiber: 1.4 g
• Protein: 1.7 g