A truly delicious way to serve breakfast. The potato cakes are the base
with the black pudding being little bursts of flavour. Top it off with a
slice of bacon and a poached egg.
KEY POINTS
Preparation Time:
Cooking Time:
How Difficult
Easy
Freeze?
No
Servings
4 Cakes
INGREDIENTS The ingredients for the breakfast potato cakes are shown below.
Ingredients for Breakfast Potato Cakes
Cold mashed potato (three medium potatoes) well seasoned
COOK'S NOTES Adjust this recipe to suit your own taste. If you don't like black
pudding then use bacon pieces or chopped cooked sausages instead. Top
with grilled tomatoes instead of eggs, whatever takes your fancy to make
the perfect breakfast potato cake for you.
PREPARATION
If you have no left over mashed potato then make some now and season
well with salt and pepper.
Lightly whisk one of the eggs.
Remove the black pudding skin, chop the meat into small cubes.
Heat the olive oil in the frying pan to a medium heat.
COOKING METHOD
Add the black pudding pieces to the preheated pan with olive oil and cook for
four minutes or so until they start to crisp slightly. Stir them frequently.
Remove the black pudding from the pan but not the oil.
In a large bowl use
your fingers to mix the black pudding and mashed potato together. Season with
salt and pepper.
For each potato cake, take about a quarter of the mixture and firm it into a
ball. On a flat surface pat the ball into a flat circular shape about 2cm / ¾in thick.
Brush the
cakes all over with the whisked egg and then dip in the flour until all the
surfaces are covered.
Fry the bacon in the frying pan for five minutes or so until it begins to crisp
up slightly. Remove and put to one side.
Fry the potato cakes for three to
five
minutes each side on a medium heat until the surfaces are golden brown.
At the same time, poach the remaining four eggs.
To serve, simply place a slice of the bacon on each of the the potato cakes
and top with a poached egg. Serve immediately.
VIDEO ON HOW TO COOK BREAKFAST POTATO CAKES
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