Fadge or Potato Bread

In Ulster, people are passionate about fadge or potato bread. It can be cooked on a griddle, in a frying pan or in the oven. A little leftover mashed potato can be, and often was, added to soda bread.

Fadge or Potato Bread

SERVES

8

PEOPLE

PREP TIME

10

MINUTES

COOKING TIME

60

MINUTES

Ingredients

  • 900g unpeeled ‘old’ potatoes eg Golden Wonders or Kerr’s Pinks

  • 1 egg, beaten

  • 25-50g butter, diced

  • 40g plain flour

  • Fine sea salt and freshly ground black pepper

  • Creamy milk

  • Bacon fat, clarified butter of olive oil for frying

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