
Yes, we're talking leftovers – primarily mashed potatoes, greens and other vegetables – all mushed together and shallow fried to crisp perfection, but when a dish is this tasty, there's no room for gastronomic snobbery. German mustard, sweet or sour pickled cabbage and dill pickles are all good on the side.First mentioned in an 1806 recipe book by Maria Rundell, the classic British dish known as bubble & squeak is a thrifty and hugely tasty classic that's a real Christmas must-have, especially served as a Boxing Day breakfast with a lovely runny organic egg and some toast soliders! Serve one bubble and squeak cake topped with two frikadellen per person (serve the rest of the bubble and squeak cakes on the side) and a fried egg.Add more oil to both frying pans and quickly fry the eggs, spooning the hot oil up over them to cook the yolk.When they’re ready, transfer them to a dish where they can lie in a single layer, and put them in the oven to keep warm. The sausage patties take about six minutes each side, the bubble and squeak patties about five. Heat a splash of oil in two large frying pans and fry the bubble and squeak and the sausage patties, six of each at a time.Preheat the oven to 160C/150C fan/gas mark 3.

As soon as the mixture is cool enough to handle, form it into 12 patties.


I use sausage meat to make the frikadellen, rather than minced pork. I know that bubble and squeak is usually a vehicle for leftovers, but I much prefer it freshly made.
