
It's an equal opportunities dish: Only got some cold mashed potato and cabbage? No problem. In fact, bubble & squeak, so named for the lovely noises it makes while cooking, isn't a purely British phenomenon – it has culinary relatives around the world, such as bauernfrühstück (Germany), stovies (Scotland), roupa velha (Portugal), hash (USA) and biksemad (Denmark)! Yes, we're talking leftovers – primarily mashed potatoes, greens and other vegetables – all mushed together and shallow fried to crisp perfection, but when a dish is this tasty, there's no room for gastronomic snobbery. If you are not vegan or vegetarian, try cooking these in a hard fat.First mentioned in an 1806 recipe book by Maria Rundell, the classic British dish known as bubble & squeak is a thrifty and hugely tasty classic that's a real Christmas must-have, especially served as a Boxing Day breakfast with a lovely runny organic egg and some toast soliders! I freeze them on a baking tray, then stack them with baking parchment between them in a bag.
They take 8-10 minutes to cook from frozen at a medium heat. Worcestershire sauce contains anchovies, but if that is not a concern for you, use that instead!Ībsolutely! Freeze them up before frying then cook them up right from frozen when you want them. It is not the same and folk love to argue about which is the best, I use it in this recipe because it is both vegetarian and vegan. It is similar in many ways to Worcestershire sauce.
But if you using leafy greens be sure to dry them well before mixing them with the potatoes. Nope, any old greens will do, everything from cabbage to kale. If you are more moderate with your butter/cream usage then yes! It depends, I put an obscene amount of butter in my mash and that makes it unsuitable for this recipe. The more floury potato, the softer and more “mash” like the bubble and squeak will be. You can get away with anything apart from very waxy salad potatoes because they will not hold together.