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Ingredients

  • 500 grams raw, peeled and blended potatoes
  • 300 grams boiled potatoes
  • 20 grams potato starch or corn flour
  • 20 grams flour
  • 3 large shallots, thinly sliced
  • 150 grams fried up bacon lardons optional
  • 1 good pinch of salt
  • 1 pinch of fresh cracked black pepper
  • 1 knob of butter for greasing your ovenproof dish
  • 8 slice of bread of choice
  • 125 ml milk
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tbsp dried wild garlic optional

Method

  • Boil 300 grams of peeled potatoes until soft and mash them.
  • In the meantime peel and blend or geate the rest of potatoes to a fine consistency..Put the raw potato into a tea towel and press out the juices,put the juice aside
  • Saute the slices shallot until slightly caramelised.
  • Fry up the bacon lardons if using
  • Add both the potatoes , mashed and very fine grated ( i use blender) and the onions,the bacon if using, the flours, and salt and pepper together and mix well.
  • If to dry add a little of the starchy potato liquid .
  • Put the dough into a greased ovenproof dish
  • Top with the bread .
  • Mix the milk and the egg and pour this over the top of the bread
  • Bake in oven on middle setting for about an hour or until bread is golden brown
  • Sprinkle over the wild garlic if yiu like .You can eat this hot or cold .
  • Serve instead of plain boiled potatoes cut into tennis ball size.
  • Serve with a salad or with meat if you like.