Bubble and squeak

 

Gatto

  • 6 POTATOES, peeled and cooked
  • 150 GRAM MILK
  • 250 GRAM CABBAGE, shredded and cooked
  • 150 GRAM CHEESE, grated
  • 1/2 BUNCH OF BASIL LEAVES, chopped
  • 1/2 TSP NUTMEG
  • 1 EGG
  • 4 TBSP FLOUR
 
  • 6 POTATOES, peeled and cooked
  • 100 GRAM MILK, hot
  • 4 EGGS
  • 250 GRAM CHEESE
  • 50 GRAM BUTTER
  • 100 GRAM SALAMI, in cubes
  • 3 TBSP BREADCRUMBS

Heat the milk and mash the potatoes with the hot milk, add salt and pepper to taste. Mix in all the other ingredients except the flour. Make 8 patties out of this mixture and put them in the fridge for an hour. Roll the patties through the flour and fry them 3 minutes on each side. Bubble and squeak a classic British recipe. Can anybody tell me what bubbles or squeaks here?

Serve this dish on the 7th of February, to celebrate the women who walked the Mud march in London to advocate for women's suffrage. Click on culinary calendar for more links between cooking and celebration.

Mash the potatoes with the milk and the butter. Add pepper and salt to taste. Cut 150 gram cheese in cubes and add these to the potatoes, as well as the salami. Boil 1 egg 10 minutes and slice it. Split the remaining 3 eggs and stir in the egg yolks. Beat the egg whites until fluffy. Stir them in as well. Put half of the potato puree in an oven dish. Distribute the egg slices over the puree, and spoon the rest of the puree on top. Grate the remaining cheese, mix with the breadcrumbs and sprinkle over the puree. Bake 15 minutes in the oven at 220 degrees Celsius.

 

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