Delia Smith was my inspiration today. I must admit, I have never been a real fan of hers….I have always found her sort of prudish and well, boring!
Sorry!
But my sister has been a follower for years and after a trip to her place this weekend, I managed to pinch the complete set of the Delia’s How To Cook trilogy. It has made very good reading; now that I am a fully fledged convert, an evangelical maestro of the kitchen!
Tonight, I randomly opened a page of book one, (which has a lot to do with eggs, and apparantly caused a bit of a stir back in the 90’s when it was first published) and found Tortilla (Spanish Omelette). Looked easy enough and quite tasty to boot!
I couldn’t find Desiree potatoes, so made do with some little new potatoes instead. I did what she said, turned up the heat, then turned it down, measured the base of the omelette pan, ‘combined’ the eggs, without over doing it, left it gently cooking. I did come a cropper when I had to invert it on a plate and put it back in the pan…..it just sort of disintegrated really! But I got there in the end!
It was really tasty, cheap and cheerful and perfect with a crunchy Cos salad and a glass of Rioja!
I knew I’d finally convert you! Like the blog, very interesting. I also hope my books don’t find their way over the water to France!!
I may just have to get my own set!
Sarah