Boxty Breakfast
HB-0308 · Hand-built original · Irish
IrishPork1 hr
Main ingredient: egg
Pairs well with: toast, hash browns, fruit salad, bacon, avocado
Serving count not stated for this recipe, so quantities are shown as written.
Ingredients
- 4 large floury potatoes, peeled
- 1 bunch spring onions, finely sliced
- 3½ oz plain flour
- 1 egg white, lightly beaten
- 10 Tbsp milk
- 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
- 3 tbsp butter
- 2 tbsp vegetable oil
- 6 cherry tomatoes, halved
- 12 rashers bacon
- 6 eggs
- Salt and black pepper, to taste
Method
- Boil half the potatoes until tender, drain well, and mash smoothly. Grate the remaining raw potatoes coarsely, then squeeze them hard in a clean cloth to remove as much liquid as you can.
- Mix the mash, grated potato, and spring onions in a bowl. Stir in the flour and bicarbonate of soda, then the egg white and milk, to make a thick batter. Season well.
- Melt a little of the butter with some of the oil in a large frying pan over medium heat. Drop in spoonfuls of the mixture and flatten into cakes about ½ in thick.
- Fry the boxty for 3–4 minutes on each side until deep golden and crisp. Keep warm while you cook the rest.
- In the same pan, fry the bacon until crisp and set aside. Add the cherry tomatoes, cut side down, and cook until softened and lightly charred.
- Fry the eggs in the remaining butter to your liking.
- Serve the boxty topped with bacon, a fried egg, and the tomatoes.
Total: 1 hour
Nutrition not computed — no serving count in the source recipe (per-serving values cannot be derived without one).