Sue Lang from Clevedon said:
Being the age I am and remembering rationing after the war I always make new dishes from left overs
Bubble and Squeak
This is a great leftover recipe that can be made with any vegetable leftovers from the Sunday lunch. Serve with a poached, fried or scrambled egg and crispy bacon or with poached smoked haddock fillets or grilled trout.
Ingredients show imperial units
Serves 4
- 1 red onion, finely chopped
- 4 rashers streaky bacon, cut into small pieces
- 450g leftover mashed potato
- 300g leftover mixed cooked vegetables – roast parsnips, green beans, brussel sprouts, cabbage, carrots, cauliflower, broccoli or peas, chopped into small pieces
- Pepper
Black peppercorns
Best used as a condiment.
They can be lightly crushed and used to spice up a creamy sauce or to coat fillet steak or chicken breasts.- Although it might seem odd, grinding black pepper over a bowl of strawberries enhances the flavour of the fruit.
- Pepper that is pre-ground is not fresh tasting and often has other ingredients mixed in.
- Choose the type of mill that suits you, and if you want coarser pepper you can loosen the screw on the top of the mill or crush the seeds in a pestle and mortar
- Salt
Salt
Consider tablesalt, sea salt or crystals.
Sea salt’s pronounced and salty flavour means less is required to season food.
- 25g hard cheese , grated
Cheese
Add to eggs for omelettes, grate onto soups or salads.
- Parmesan often goes rock hard or becomes horribly sweaty. Ideally, all cheese should be stored in a cool, airy place at a temperature of 46-50F/8-10C. However, most of us put it straight into the fridge. This is fine providing the cheese is kept loosely wrapped in its own airtight container so it isn’t tainted by other foods.
- Store it in the salad drawer, which is not quite as cold as the rest of the fridge and use a micro plane for grating.
- 25g butter , melted
Butter
Unsalted is better for cooking.
Easy spread butter is ideal for sandwiches and toast.
- Plain flour
Flour
For pastry making or to thicken sauces, soups, stews and casseroles.
- Raising agents are added to plain flour to make self-raising flour, used to lighten and give an airy texture to cakes and sponges.
- Once opened reseal with quick clips or transfer to an airtight container or kilner jar. It will keep for up to 3-4 months
Instructions
- Heat the oil in a frying pan and cook the onion for 4-5 minutes until soft. Add the bacon and cook for a further 3-4 minutes or until it begins to turn a golden colour.
- Remove the pan from the heat and transfer the bacon and onions into a large bowl.
- Add the mashed potato and cooked vegetables, season well. Add the cheese, mix well and divide the mixture into six portions.
- Using your hands, shape each portion into a cake. Put a little flour on a plate and coat each cake in flour on both sides.
- Put onto a greased baking tray and brush with a little melted butter. Bake in a preheated oven (200°C/400°F/ mark 6) for 25 minutes or fry on both sides until golden brown.
Freeze ahead
- These bubble and squeak cakes also freeze brilliantly so if you don’t manage to eat them all you can enjoy them another day; simply freeze them at the end of step 2.
Comments on this recipe
a different b/squeak very tasty the bacon bits give it added flavour i also put in a splash of wostershire lovely thanks
My family comment on bubble and squeak is that never enough is made! I don't make it into individual cakes just start off the onions in a big pan and keep adding and cooking slowly! Also put in either some branston or brown sauce and a small amount of grated cheese, the whole lot gets shoved under the grill for the cheese to melt and the top crisps. Serve with cold cut and more pickles - heaven!
Yum!!! Can't wait to try it, could eat it now. Must remember to make extra (leftovers) especially for this!!!
Not only, as a now bereaved man in my seventies, have I learned delicious leftover soups but the recipes anyway, as I learn to cook for myself and others, are really simple and helpful.
looks fab. will definately try it.
What a wonderful idea! More budget meal recipes please. Not having much money to live on I like this idea. Thanks, will be trying these recipes.
My bubble & squeak is onion & bacon cut-up and fried, then add cooked mashed potato, cabbage and cold chopped cooked meat (lamb or beef roast). I like this with tomato sauce. My husband likes the brown bits on the bottom of the pan!
Thanks for this recipe. I have been looking for this recipe for years!
what a mouth watering delicious recipe, i have 5 growing sons that will love it...thank u....
Just stumbled on this website while looking for leftovers. Great recipe, lovely, thank youX
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