Salt-Cod “Lazy” Spanish Tortilla

Tortilla Vaga de Bacalao

Preparation info
  • Serves:

    3 to 4

    as a tapa or an appetizer
    • Difficulty

      Easy

    • Ready in

      15 min

Appears in
Hemingway's Spanish Table: A Culinary Journey in 60+ Recipes

By Howie Southworth

Published 2026

  • About

The “lazy” tortilla vaga was invented in Madrid at Restaurante Sacha by Chef Sacha Hormaechea with one simple goal: To allow the starring ingredients to be consumed by all the senses before eating, as only an open-topped egg concoction can. “Like a pizza, but with eggs,” affirms Chef Sacha. Given the trend toward ingredient-forward cooking across Spain, this concept spread like wildfire.