Potatoes Revolconas

Today Luisa (author of Cooking with my Carmela ), brings us the recipe to prepare scrambled potatoes. Perhaps you are more familiar with the term scrambled potatoes, or potatoes stirred (read as shaken) or stirred. Whatever title you prefer, scrambled potatoes are a dish full of flavour that everyone at home will enjoy.

Undoubtedly, revolconas potatoes are a classic dish in our gastronomy. If you like boiled potatoes and paprika, this dish will be a star in your house; but the ingredients do not stop there: one of them is the famous torreznos or bacon, since it is a typical dish of shepherds and ranchers.

Nowadays you will find revolconas potatoes as a tapa or a portion in many restaurants and bars in the Castile region. Here in the South, they are not very well known, but I assure you that at home they are now the star dish of some Sundays.

If you want, to top it off, you can serve them with a fried egg on the side, and then they will really make you want to feel the wave. It is a dish that is very good for getting rid of the cold from your body (and to enjoy too, because we deserve it!).

Now let's move on to the recipe, which is very simple.

Le Creuset mini ceramic cocottes and Nezumi ceramic plate by Tokyo Design Studio

Ingredients (for 4 people)

• 1 medium potato per person (4 units)
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 or 2 cloves of garlic, to taste
• 1 teaspoon of sweet paprika from La Vera and a pinch of spicy paprika
• 150gr of fried bacon
• Salt and extra virgin olive oil

Preparation

1. First, cut and peel the potatoes, boil them in plenty of water with the bay leaf until they are tender. Drain, reserving the cooking water.
2. Meanwhile, fry the bacon in a frying pan until crispy. Set aside.
3. In the same pan, add a couple of tablespoons of oil and fry the garlic without browning. Add the paprika and then a glass of water from the previous cooking, being careful not to splash it. Now add the potatoes, mix everything so that the potato is impregnated with everything. Now just stir and leave to taste. If you see that they are dry, add a little more water.
4. As for the texture, the potato has to be mashed but not pureed.
5. Finally, add the bacon, mix everything together and serve. I used mini-cocottes, they are the perfect size for one serving and look beautiful on the table.

Le Creuset ceramic mini cocottes