Stacked Housing Shortage
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TypeMain course
Serves4 people
DateOctober 2, 2026
Spanish tortilla as stacked apartments, sober and tight: an edible ode to the housing crisis.
A sober Spanish tortilla, assembled as a row of narrow apartment blocks. Each serving is a rectangular stack of thin potato and onion slices, topped with a single red pepper 'protest banner.' The dish resembles a street of cramped homes: high demand, little space.
Ingredients
- 800 g waxy potatoes
- 2 medium onions
- 1 red bell pepper
- 6 eggs
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- salt to taste
- pepper to taste
Method
- Peel the potatoes and cut into thin slices.
- Slice the onions into thin half rings.
- Heat 2 tbsp olive oil in a large frying pan and cook the potato slices over medium heat for 10 minutes until half done.
- Add the onion and cook for another 10 minutes until everything is soft. Season with salt and pepper.
- Beat the eggs in a large bowl. Add the potato-onion mixture and mix well.
- Cut the bell pepper lengthwise into 4 wide strips.
- Heat 1 tbsp olive oil in a square or rectangular baking dish (about 20x20 cm) and pour in the egg mixture. Lay the pepper strips on top, each covering a quarter of the surface, as 'banners.'
- Bake the tortilla for 20 minutes in a preheated oven at 180°C until just set.
- Let cool slightly and cut into 4 equal rectangular servings. Stack each piece on the plate like a small apartment block, with the pepper on top as the roof.
Serving notes
- Serve on a long platter, the portions tightly next to each other, like a row of cramped houses.
- Garnish with a little parsley for color, but keep it sober.