Name: Smoked cheese potato cakes with crispy kale
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 6 tbsp mayonnaise; 750 g/1 lb 10 oz white potatoes, peeled and quartered; 4 handfuls of cherry tomatoes; 1½ tbsp butter; 4 large handfuls of curly kale, tough stalks discarded, torn into large bite-size pieces; olive oil, for frying, plus extra for brushing and drizzling; 1 tbsp drained capers, rinsed, patted dry and finely chopped; 3 smoked garlic cloves or regular garlic; 2 hard-boiled eggs, peeled and grated; 1 tbsp nori flakes or 2 tbsp finely chopped flat-leaf parsley leaves; 100 g/3½ oz/heaped 1 cup grated smoked Cheddar cheese; 1 large handful of chopped flat-leaf parsley leaves; flour, for dusting; 4 tbsp capers, rinsed, patted dry and roughly chopped; sea salt and freshly ground black pepper; juice of ½ lemon

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Medium
Ready in
1 hr 10

Appears in

The Part-Time Vegetarian

By Nicola Graimes

Published 2015

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If possible, use a naturally smoked Cheddar in the potato cakes, rather than a smoke-flavoured one, which can lack the intensity of flavour and requisite dry texture. The smoked garlic embellishes the overall smokiness of the potato cakes, but you could use regular garlic instead.