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Tortilla del Sacromonte
Granada's Sacromonte omelette binds gently blanched lamb brains and criadillas with potato, peas, jamón and egg, then cooks to a burnished outside and a tender, fully set centre.
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Migas Extremeñas
Migas Extremeñas are Extremadura's shepherd's pan: day-old bread dampened overnight, then worked in olive oil with garlic, panceta, chorizo, and pimentón until every crumb is loose, golden, and tender within.
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Revuelto de Setas Castellano
Castilla y León's autumn mushroom scramble is quick but exact: brown the setas until their water is gone, then fold in the eggs off the heat so they stay soft and glossy.
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Revuelto de Ajetes y Espárragos Trigueros
Andalucía's spring revuelto brings tender ajetes and wild asparagus together in olive oil, with eggs folded through off the heat so the curds stay soft, glossy, and loose.
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Tortilla Paisana
Castile's tortilla paisana folds tender potatoes, peppers, peas, and chorizo into eggs. Cook and drain every filling first, and the omelette turns neatly with a moist, generous centre.
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Tortilla de Patatas
Tortilla de patatas belongs to every region of Spain: potatoes softened slowly in olive oil, folded through egg, and turned in one committed flip for a golden outside and tender centre.
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Revuelto de Gulas al Ajillo
Basque revuelto de gulas turns garlic-scented gulas and guindilla through barely set eggs. Sear the gulas quickly, then pull the pan while the curds still shine and tremble.
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Alboronía Andaluza
Alboronía is Andalucía's old pumpkin and aubergine stew, deepened with tomato, pimentón, and cumin, then cooked without hurry until the vegetables settle into a glossy, sweet, spoon-soft whole.
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Piperrada Vasca
Basque piperrada cooks green frying peppers, onion, and ripe tomato slowly until sweet and nearly jammy, then folds in beaten eggs just until tender for a plain, sustaining meal.
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Pisto Manchego
Pisto Manchego is La Mancha in a pan: summer tomato, green pepper, red pepper, onion, and courgette, cooked separately until sweet, then joined so each piece keeps its shape in the thick sauce.
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Huevos a la Flamenca
Huevos a la flamenca are Seville in a cazuela: eggs baked over a dark, sweet tomato sofrito with potatoes, peas, peppers, jamón and chorizo, pulled while the whites set and the yolks still run.
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Truita a la Catalana
Truita a la catalana brings Catalonia's old pairing of mongetes and botifarra into one thick omelette: brown the sausage and beans first, then add the eggs and flip with conviction.
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Huevos a la Donostiarra
Donostia's baked eggs sit beneath a slow, sweet onion and bacalao sauce, with a fine breadcrumb crust browned under the grill. Desalt the cod properly and the rest is straightforward.
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Huevos a la Extremeña
Extremadura sets eggs into a thick bed of fried potato, tomato sofrito, jamón, and its own smoky pimentón, then bakes them just until the whites hold and the yolks stay soft.
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Migas Manchegas
La Mancha turns yesterday's bread into a proper meal: loose golden crumbs rich with garlic, panceta, and chorizo, eaten with cool sweet grapes that cut through every salty mouthful.
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Huevos a la Riojana
Huevos a la Riojana turns the Ebro valley larder into supper: potatoes and roasted red peppers simmer with chorizo until glossy, then four eggs set gently in the same cazuela.
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Duelos y Quebrantos Manchegos
Duelos y quebrantos is Castilla-La Mancha in one pan: chorizo and bacon rendered slowly, then eggs folded through until soft, the plain Saturday meal Cervantes set on Don Quixote's table.
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Huevos Guisados de Jaén
Jaén's thrifty egg stew turns hard-boiled halves golden in olive oil, then settles them into a garlic-and-saffron sauce, with the mortar doing the work that a long ingredient list never could.
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Huevos Rotos con Jamón
Madrid's great tavern plate is nothing more than potatoes, fried eggs, jamón, and good timing: lace the whites, keep the yolks soft, then break them over the potatoes while everything is ready.
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Tortilla de Betanzos
Betanzos, in Galicia, cooks its potato tortilla fast and barely set: tender fried potatoes held in abundant egg, with a thin golden skin and a loose, glossy centre that waits for no one.
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