Welsh onion cake

Name: Welsh onion cake
Yield: Serves 4–6
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: sea salt and pepper; 800 g (1¾ lb) large potatoes; 100 g (3½ oz) butter, melted, plus extra to grease and brush; 500 g (1 lb 2 oz) onions, peeled and sliced; sea salt and pepper

Preparation info

Serves
4–6

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

British Food

By Mark Hix

Published 2005

About

If you are roasting a joint of meat, you can finish cooking it on a trivet over this onion cake so that the juices get absorbed into the potatoes and onions ... delicious.

Ingredients

800 g (1¾ lb) large potatoes
100 g (3½

Europe
United Kingdom
Side dish
Gluten-free
Vegetarian

Method

Preheat the oven to 200°C (fan oven 180°C), gas mark 6. Peel and thinly slice the potatoes, then rinse briefly in water and pat dry on a clean tea towel. Put them a bowl, season with salt and pepper, and mix with the melted butter.
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