Smoked Paprika and Onion Potato Cake

Name: Smoked Paprika and Onion Potato Cake
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 1 h
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: spanish
Ingredients: 100g butter; 2 onions peeled and finely sliced; 2 tsp smoked paprika; 6 large Maris Piper potatoes peeled; 100g manchego cheese, thinly sliced

⏱ 60 mins 🍽 Serves 6 🌶 spanish ✅ Easy 🏷 Side dish

This Spanish-style side dish features a crisp potato cake infused with rich flavours. Sliced onions are fried with smoked paprika, then combined with coarsely grated Maris Piper potatoes. The mixture is pressed into a pan and cooked until golden on both sides, topped with thin slices of manchego cheese that melt into the surface. It's a distinctive and flavourful accompaniment, ready in about 60 minutes.

Ingredients

100g butter
2 onions peeled and finely sliced
2 tsp smoked paprika
6 large Maris Piper potatoes peeled
100g manchego cheese, thinly sliced

Method

In a 20cm wide frying pan, melt the 100g butter. Fry the 2 finely sliced onions for 5-10 mins until they soften. Add the 2 tsp smoked paprika and cook for another 2 mins.
As the onions cook, coarsely grate the 6 peeled potatoes. Place them in a clean tea towel and squeeze to remove the starchy water. Add the potato to the pan with 150ml water. Cook until the water evaporates and the potato begins to soften and colour.
Press the potato mixture down with a fish slice. Cook for 15 mins until the base is crisp. Carefully flip the cake over and cook the other side for about 15 mins until crisp. While the second side cooks, arrange the 100g thinly sliced manchego on top so it melts. Serve cut into wedges.

Nutrition (per serving)

Calories369 kcal

Fat20 g

Saturates12 g

Carbs39 g

Sugars4 g

Protein11 g

Sodium228 mg

Recipe details

Skill levelEasy

CategorySide dish

Cuisinespanish

DietVegetarian