Potato and bacon cakes
These traditional potato and crispy bacon cakes are bursting with flavour and delicious with cream cheese
SERVES
4
PEOPLE
PREP TIME
10
MINUTES
COOKING TIME
10
MINUTES
Ingredients
4 rashers of streaky bacon, rinds removed, chopped
450g mashed potatoes
30g plain white flour
salt
pepper
butter or dripping, for frying
Method
Fry the bacon without any additional fat until crisp. Remove and drain on absorbent paper.
Stir the bacon into the mashed potatoes with flour, salt and pepper.
Form the mixture into four cakes.
Heat the butter or dripping in a frying pan, add the cakes and fry for about 5 minutes on each side until golden and crisp.
This recipe is fromĀ Mollie Keane's Nursery Cooking.
