Irish Potato & Bacon Cakes

Irish Potato & Bacon Cakes

  • Prep Time: 15 mins
  • Total Time: 45 mins
  • Servings: 4

    • About This Recipe

    “Wonderful as a side dish or for breakfast/Brunch. It is quite high in fat especially if you use dripping to fry them.”

    Ingredients

  • 4slicesbacon, chopped and crisp fried
  • 1lbmashed potatoes, boiled & mashed
  • 2tablespoonsflour
  • salt & pepper
  • butter ordripping( for frying, I use lite olive oil though not traditional)

    • Directions

  • Drain your bacon on paper towels.
  • Mix the bacon with the mashed potatoes, flour, salt& pepper.
  • Form into 4 patties.
  • Heat the dripping (butter) (or oil) in a skillet and over medium heat fry the cakes about 5 minutes on each side or until golden, Serve.

    • Reviews

  • “This was good.I didn’t follow messurements and kind of “winged” it.I had a friend who is allergic to wheat come, so I added corn mean instead of flour to make it the right consistancy.I added some green onion and chives too.Good.Will do again”

  • “These went well with our Irish breakfast. I will make them again, as they had a wonderful flavor and were easy to prepare. The next time I prepare them I will go for more dense mashed potatoes or add a little more flour, as they did fall apart when frying.”

  • “What a great way to use leftover potatoes! (I always seem to have some in the fridge. So easy! Tastes great!”

  • “Very good. First time I have made potato cakes without eggs in the batter. I used leftover mashed potatoes from Fluffy’s recipe #54385. They were crispy on the outside and creamy on the inside. Thanks Bergy. bullwinkle.”

  • “What a great way to use the left over Irish mashed potatoes!! With the leek already in the mashed potatoes, the bacon just added a wonderfull rich taste and frying them in the butter made them a real treat!! Definately not diet stuff but OHHH sooo good!!”

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