Alastair Little, Richard Whittington

Bubble and Squeak

Preparation info
  • Serves

    4

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
The Daily Mail Modern British Cookbook
The Daily Mail Modern British Cookbook

By Alastair Little and Richard Whittington

Published 1998

  • About

While bubble and squeak is usually made from leftovers, it is much nicer if you cook both potatoes and cabbage fresh. Use a Savoy-type cabbage, not a hard round one, and don’t overcook it. Frying in beef dripping gives a better flavour – and goose fat is best of all.

Ingredients

  • 800 g/ 1¾ lb potato
  • 400 g/ 14

Method

Cook the potatoes in rapidly boiling salted water until tender. Drain well.

At the same time, cut out the big stalks from the cabbage, shred the leaves and blanch for 2–3 minutes in rapidly boiling salted water. Refresh in cold water and drain thoroughly, squeezing out all the moisture you can.

Mash the potatoes dry and mix the cabbage in while the mash is still warm, seasoning