Ingredients
- Leftover potatoes (mashed or chopped roast)
- Leftover vegetables (cabbage, carrots, parsnips, squash etc)
- Onion, chopped
- Butter
- Fresh herbs (sage, majoram or anything to hand)
- Flour
- Oil or butter for frying
- Eggs, to serve
Bubble and Squeak Cakes
Michael Caines
9th December 2025
Bubble and Squeak Cakes
60 min
A complete post-Christmas recipe designed to use up leftover turkey, vegetables and roast trimmings.
Ingredients
Method
Recipe
Melt butter in a pan and gently cook the chopped onion and herbs.
Add your leftover vegetables and warm them through.
Mix with the potatoes — use plenty of potato so the mixture holds together well.
Shape into balls and flatten into patties.
Dust lightly in flour.
Shallow fry until crisp, browned and heated through.
Serve with a fried or poached egg on top.
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