Name: Boxty with bacon, eggs & tomatoes
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Irish
Ingredients: 4 large baking potatoes; 1 bunch spring onions finely sliced; 100g plain flour; 1 egg white; 150ml buttermilk; 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda; 3 tbsp butter (or more if you need); 2 tbsp vegetable oil (or more if you need); 6 small bunches cherry tomatoes; 12 rashers back bacon; 6 eggs cooked how you like them

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Boxty with bacon, eggs & tomatoes

Boxty with bacon, eggs & tomatoes

John Torode

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Serves 6

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Prep: 20 mins

Cook: 30 mins

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Sizzling bacon and melt-in-the-mouth tomatoes top off this quick and easy fry-up

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Ingredients

Nutrition

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4 large baking potatoes
1 bunch spring onions

finely sliced
100g plain flour
1 egg white
150ml buttermilk
1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
3 tbsp butter

(or more if you need)
2 tbsp vegetable oil

(or more if you need)

For the tomatoes

6 small bunches cherry tomatoes

To serve

12 rashers back bacon
6 eggs

cooked how you like them

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Nutrition: per serving

kcal510
fat30g
saturates11g
carbs40g
sugars5g
fibre3g
protein22g
salt2.55g

Method

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.
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.
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.
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.

RECIPE TIPS

MY FAVOURITE BLOODY MARY

Mix 3 drops Worcestershire sauce, 6 drops Tabasco sauce, ½ tsp grated fresh horseradish, 2 shakes celery salt, juice ½ lemon, couple of grinds black pepper and 500ml tomato juice. Fill 4 large glasses with ice and divide most of mixture between each. Add 2 tbsp vodka to each glass and stir well. Top with the remaining tomato juice mixture, then spoon another 1 tbsp vodka over each.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, May 2009

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