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# Entrepà de Truita
- URL: https://onesandwich.com/entrepa-de-truita/
- Published: 2026-05-17T07:00:21.000Z
- Updated: 2026-05-26T11:38:37.000Z
- Description: Catalan omelette entrepà; truita is Catalan for tortilla.
- Author: Andrew Lekashman
- Tags: Spain, Submarine Sandwiches, Entrepà, #auto-imported

**🇪🇸 Spain** · Family: [Entrepà](https://onesandwich.com/tag/entrepa/) · Region: Catalonia · Bread: barra · Proteins: egg

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Ingredients

barra · egg · potato · onion

The *Entrepà de Truita* is the Catalan omelette sandwich. *Truita* is the Catalan word for what the rest of Spain calls *tortilla*: the thick potato-and-egg omelette, often with onion, set firm enough to slice and serve at room temperature. *Entrepà* is Catalan for *bocadillo*. The angle is that this is a sandwich of one substantial cooked object wedged into bread, where the texture of the omelette, set but still moist at the center, matters more than any seasoning or sauce, and the bread exists mainly to make a soft, rich filling portable.

The build is straightforward but depends on a well-made omelette. A wedge or thick slab of *truita* is cut, ideally from one cooked so the potato is soft, the egg just set, and the middle still a touch juicy rather than dry all the way through. A crusty *barra* is split, sometimes with its cut face rubbed with tomato and oil, the Catalan *pa amb tomàquet* move, and the wedge of omelette is laid in along the length so it fills the bread without crumbling apart. Good execution means an omelette with a creamy, barely set interior, served warm or at room temperature rather than fridge-cold, and bread with enough crust to contain a soft, dense filling without going limp. Sloppy execution is a dry, overcooked omelette that crumbles into a mealy mess, a thin token slice that disappears in the bread, a cold and rubbery slab straight from the refrigerator, or a soft roll that offers no contrast to the yielding egg.

The sandwich shifts mostly through how the *truita* itself is built. The plain potato-and-onion version is the standard. Onion-free versions run a touch sweeter and looser. The bread is sometimes left plain and sometimes rubbed with tomato, which adds acidity that cuts the richness of the egg and potato. A smear of *all-i-oli* is a common addition, sharpening an otherwise mellow sandwich. Versions stretched with other fillings folded into the omelette move toward different *tortilla* preparations, each of which deserves its own article rather than being crowded in here. What defines the *truita* *entrepà* is the omelette's set: cooked just past liquid so the center stays moist, served not stone cold, on a firm roll, it is a quietly excellent thing; dry, cold, and crumbling, it is filler in bread.

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## More from this family

Other [Entrepà](https://onesandwich.com/tag/entrepa/) sandwiches in Spain:

- [Entrepà d'Anxoves](https://onesandwich.com/entrepa-danxoves/)
- [Entrepà de Botifarra amb Mongetes](https://onesandwich.com/entrepa-de-botifarra-amb-mongetes/)
- [Entrepà de Botifarra](https://onesandwich.com/entrepa-de-botifarra/)
- [Entrepà de Escalivada](https://onesandwich.com/entrepa-de-escalivada/)
- [Entrepà de Fuet](https://onesandwich.com/entrepa-de-fuet/)
- [Entrepà de Llonganissa](https://onesandwich.com/entrepa-de-llonganissa/)
- [Entrepà de Pernil](https://onesandwich.com/entrepa-de-pernil/)
- [Entrepà](https://onesandwich.com/entrepa/)

[See all Entrepà sandwiches →](https://onesandwich.com/tag/entrepa/)