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Boxty with bacon, eggs & tomatoes

Ingredients

  1. Step 1 4 large baking potatoes
  2. Step 2 1 bunch spring onions , finely sliced
  3. Step 3 100g plain flour
  4. Step 4 1 egg white
  5. Step 5 150ml buttermilk
  6. Step 6 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
  7. Step 7 3 tbsp butter (or more if you need)
  8. Step 8 2 tbsp vegetable oil (or more if you need)
  9. Step 9 6 small bunches cherry tomatoes
  10. Step 10 12 rashers back bacon
  11. Step 11 6 eggs , cooked how you like them
Boxty with bacon, eggs & tomatoes
Calories: 510 Carbohydrate: 40 g Protein: 22 g Fat: 30 g
Cook time: 50 minutes Prep time: 20 minutes Total time: 70 minutes Servings: 6

TAGS

Breakfast Brunch Snack Supper Irish Josh Eagleton 30-60 minute 6 serving 600 kcal or less Back bacon Bicarbonate of soda Boxtie Boxty Breakfast Brunch Butter Buttermilk Cherry tomato Cherry tomato egg Egg white Egg white egg Fry up Hash brown Irish breakfast John Torode Plain flour Potato cake Potato pancake Spring onion Spring onion Vegetable oil

Directions

  1. Step 1 Before you start, put your oven on its lowest setting, ready to keep things warm. Peel the potatoes, grate 2 of them, then set aside. Cut the other 2 into large chunks, then boil for 10-15 mins or until tender. Meanwhile, squeeze as much of the liquid from the grated potatoes as you can using a clean tea towel. Mash the boiled potatoes, then mix with the grated potato, spring onions and flour.
  2. Step 2 Whisk the egg white in a large bowl until it holds soft peaks. Fold in the buttermilk, then add the bicarbonate of soda. Fold into the potato mix.
  3. Step 3 Heat a large non-stick frying pan over a medium heat, then add 1 tbsp butter and some of the oil. Drop 3-4 spoonfuls of the potato mixture into the pan, then gently cook for 3-5 mins on each side until golden and crusty. Keep warm on a plate in the oven while you cook the next batch, adding more butter and oil to the pan before you do so. You will get 16 crumpet-size boxty from the mix. Can be made the day ahead, drained on kitchen paper, then reheated in a low oven for 20 mins.
  4. Step 4 Heat the grill to medium and put the tomatoes in a heavy-based pan. Add a good knob of butter and a little oil, then fry for about 5 mins until softened. Grill the bacon, then pile onto a plate and keep warm. Stack up the boxty, bacon and egg, and serve the tomatoes on the side.