Oven Baked Tortilla

We get through a lot of eggs in this house, used in a variety of ways. I use most in baking but when the husband is on cooking duty (which isn't very often) he can be known to use a box of eggs or more cooking up one of his specialities of either 'egg on beans on cheese on ham on toast' or 'Dad's omelette', which are apparently better than 'Mum's omelette's'. I must admit, my omelettes aren't great and usually stick to the pan and fall apart before they get to the plate, which is why I'm more of a Tortilla (Spanish Omelette) kind of person. Oven baked ones are the best as it's easier to get them cooked evenly all the way through without burning the bottom and ending up with an uncooked top.

This is one of my favourite dishes to cook up when on holiday as it's really easy to prepare, and the kids love it. You can either use an oven proof frying pan or a large shallow cake tin, as I have here.

Oven Baked Tortilla - serves 4/5

500g (approx) sausages, cut into bite sized pieces

1 Tbsp olive oil
1 garlic clove, crushed
1 Small onion, chopped
1 tsp Dried mixed herbs
1/2 red Pepper, chopped
1/2 Courgette, chopped
4 Mushrooms, sliced
100g sweetcorn
6 Eggs
200ml semi skimmed Milk
175g mature cheddar cheese, grated
1 tomato, thinly sliced

• Oven bake the sausages in the cake tin for approx 20 min at 180 C
• Heat the oil in a pan
• Add the garlic & onion & soften for 2-3 minutes
• Add the dried herbs, peppers, courgette, mushrooms & sweetcorn & cook for a further 10 minutes until softened
• Drain any excess oil from the sausages, making sure there is enough oil left to lightly coat the sides & base of the pan
• Add the vegetables to the sausages & mix
• Beat the eggs & milk & add half of the cheese
• Pour into the pan over the sausages & vegetables
• Cover with the remaining grated cheese & tomato slices
• Return to the oven for 30 minutes until golden brown & firm in the centre

Serve hot or cold with salad...or baked beans!


I'm entering this into April's Swallows Charity Recipes for life challenge as it includes the 3 ingredients of pork, sweetcorn & tomatoes. You can find out more about the challenge here.

I'm also entering the recipe into the BritMums #eggmainsinminutes competition.