Breakfastmedium55 minServes 4est. £1.47/servingIrish

Boxty Breakfast

Name: Boxty Breakfast
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Irish
Ingredients: 600g potato; 15g spring onion; 100g plain flour; 1 egg white; 150ml buttermilk; 1tsp bicarbonate of soda; 3tbsp unsalted butter; 2tbsp vegetable oil; 48g cherry tomatoes; 360g back bacon; 6 egg

Traditional Irish potato cakes made with a mix of raw grated and mashed potato, cooked until golden and served with bacon, eggs, and grilled tomatoes. Boxty is the original Irish potato pancake — crisp on the outside, soft in the middle, and very easy to like. Makes 16 cakes — any leftovers reheat brilliantly.

4 servings

£1.47 / serving - est.

Costs are estimated average UK prices and may vary.

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potato

600 g

6pest.

spring onion

15 g

30pest.

plain flour

100 g

8pest.

egg white

7pest.

buttermilk

150 ml

10pest.

bicarbonate of soda

1 tsp

20pest.

unsalted butter

3 tbsp

30pest.

vegetable oil

2 tbsp

15pest.

cherry tomatoes

48 g

40pest.

back bacon

360 g

£1.00est.

egg

20pest.