Patatas a lo pobre – Poor People's Potatoes

Ingredients for 6 servings:

• 8 potatoes
• 1 large onion(s)
• 3 bell peppers, red and green
• 6 cloves garlic
• lots of olive oil, refined
• Salt
• possibly vinegar

Instructions

Working time approx. 15 minutes; Cooking/baking time approx. 25 minutes; Total time approx. 40 minutes

2 versions

Peel the potatoes and onions and slice them. Cut the peppers into strips about 5 mm wide. First, add a glass of oil to a casserole dish, then about half the potatoes, then the onions, peppers, and the whole unpeeled garlic cloves. Add the potatoes again on top. Sprinkle with salt between each layer. Top with oil until the mixture is completely covered. Let it simmer in a preheated oven (180°C) for about 25 minutes. For a slimmed-down version, heat a glass of olive oil in a large pan and add all the ingredients (as described above), season with salt, and simmer gently, covered, for about 25 minutes. Stir gently frequently. In some regions, a dash of vinegar is added at the end. Serve as a side dish with roasted meat or fish, or as a tapa. Incidentally, in Spain, the oil is not discarded afterward; it is reused for other dishes. Here, fried eggs are even cooked in 1/4 liter of olive oil.