Irish Potato & Bacon Cakes

Submitted by Bergy

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

 

• Ready In: 45mins
• Ingredients: 5
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 4 slices bacon, chopped and crisp fried
• 1 lb mashed potatoes, boiled & mashed
• 2 tablespoons flour
• salt & pepper
• butter or dripping (for frying, I use lite olive oil though not traditional)

directions

1. Drain your bacon on paper towels.
2. Mix the bacon with the mashed potatoes, flour, salt& pepper.
3. Form into 4 patties.
4. 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

[cynthia912]

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

 

[morgainegeiser]

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.

 

[cuisinebymae]

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

 

[bullwinkle]

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.

 

[Derf2440]

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!!