Sicilian potato cake

Name: Sicilian potato cake
Prep time: 2 h
Cook time: 2 h
Total time: 2 h
Yield: 12
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 kgs floury potato, such as King Edward or Maris Piper; 175 grams pancetta, diced; 250 milliliters milk; 100 grams unsalted butter; 4 eggs, beaten; 2 garlic cloves, crushed; 200 grams parmesan, freshly grated; 6 slices Italian salami, chopped; 85 grams provolone or caciocavallo cheese, diced; 140 grams mozzarella, diced; 1 handful flatleaf parsley, chopped; 50 grams fresh white breadcrumb; 1 handful fresh thyme leaves

Sicilian potato cake might be just the main course you are searching for. This recipe serves 12. One portion of this dish contains around 19g of protein, 26g of fat, and a total of 382 calories. This recipe covers 17% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe from BBC Good Food requires floury potato, eggs, salami, and garlic cloves. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 2 hours.

Instructions

Heat oven to 190C/fan 170C/gas

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Boil the potatoes whole, in their skins, in gently simmering water until tender about 30-40 mins depending on size. Meanwhile, fry the pancetta cubes until golden.

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Pancetta

Potato

Water

Drain the potatoes and set aside.

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Potato

Put the milk and most of the butter in the potato pan to warm. Peel the potatoes, cut into big chunks, then tip back into the pan with the milk. Mash them (as long as youve used a floury potato you will get a light and fluffy mash by using an electric hand whisk, or a masher).

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Potato

Butter

Milk

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Whisk

Frying Pan

Mix in the pancetta, eggs, garlic and all of the other ingredients except the breadcrumbs and thyme.

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Breadcrumbs

Pancetta

Garlic

Thyme

Egg

Use the remaining butter to butter the bottom and sides of a 23cm springform tin. Coat the inside of the tin with about of the breadcrumbs and fill with the potato mixture. Smooth down the surface and sprinkle with the remaining breadcrumbs, pressing them gently into the potato.

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Butter

Potato

Bake for about 1hr 10 mins until the potato cake is set, with a slight wobble in the middle.

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Potato

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Oven

Let it rest for 5 mins then loosen from the sides with a knife before releasing the tin. Slide onto a plate and sprinkle with the thyme leaves.

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Thyme