white bean tortilla with piri piri

White Bean Tortilla with Piri Piri Recipe:

Piri Piri is a Spanish influenced spice blend. I was most of the way through preparing this dish when I realized I had a dried Piri Piri blend already in my cupboard, which was totally different than the piri piri in this recipe. I guess not all piri piri is created equal, so I hope you'll give this spice blend a whirl.

Adapted from the Vegetarian Times via Eats Well With Others

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For the Piri Piri spice blend:

2 tablespoon smoked paprika
1 teaspoon ground cayenne pepper
¾ teaspoon sea salt
½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
½ teaspoon lemon zest
½ teaspoon dried oregano

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Mix spices, salt, and lemon zest together in a small bowl. Set aside.

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For the tortilla:

butter or oil for the pan
2 - 3 teaspoon of piri piri spice blend (recipe above)
6 eggs
1 cup chopped fresh parsley
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 large onion, thinly sliced
1 ½ cups cooked white beans
2 jarred roasted red peppers, sliced into strips

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Preheat oven to 180 C / 350 F. Butter a 10 inch tart pan. Whisk together the eggs and chopped parsley in a bowl, and season well with salt and pepper. Set aside.

Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add the onions and cook, stirring often, for 6-8 minutes, until they are soft and starting to brown. Add the cooked beans, and 2-3 teaspoon of Piri Piri. Cook 1-2 minutes, until the spices begin to darken and stick to the beans. Remove from the heat, cool a minute, and then stir into the egg mixture.

Pour the egg mixture into the prepared tart pan. Arrange slices of roasted red pepper over the top, and then set into the oven. Bake for 20 - 30 minutes, or until the egg is set. Cool, and slice into 6 - 8 portions.

If you'd like to garnish with Piri Piri sauce, heat ¼ cup of olive oil in a small pot over medium heat. Add 2 tablespoon of lemon juice, and 2 tablespoon of Piri Piri blend. Bring to a boil and cook for 1 minute. Remove from heat, and drizzle over tortilla.

What's good about this? Eggs are an amazing source of high quality protein, vitamin B12, choline (important for your brain), carbohydrates, and healthy fats. Eggs are satiating; a study found that those eating  a low fat diet which included 2 eggs a day for breakfast lost nearly *twice* as much weight as those eating a bagel breakfast with the same calories and mass, with no increase in blood cholesterol levels. Beans beans good for your heart! Beans are a good source of folate, dietary fiber, protein, phosphorus, iron, copper, magnesium, manganese, potassium and vitamin K. There is a substantial amount of parsley in this tortilla. Parsley is an excellent source of vitamin A, vitamin C, and vitamin K, and a good source of iron and folate.

Do ahead: This tortilla can stand at room temperature for a few hours, or survive a long car ride if that's what is happening in your life. Any longer than 4 hours or so and it should be packed with an ice pack or kept in the fridge. Eat within 3 - 4 days.