Bubble and squeak is a classic British dish of smashed-up winter vegetables, traditionally made from the Sunday roast leftovers. Use about 60 percent potato to get the right consistency, then whatever vegetables you like - carrots, Brussels sprounts, rutabagas, turnips, onions, leeks or savoy cabbage.
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 pounds all-purpose potatoes, peeled and cut into chunks
- 1 1/4 pounds mixed winter vegetables such as carrots, Brussels sprouts, rutabagas, turnips, onions, leeks or savoy cabbage, peeled or trimmed and chopped into equal-sized chunks
- Olive oil
- 2 knobs butter, divided
- 1 (7-ounce) package vacuum packed chestnuts
- 6 good quality pork sausages, linked together
- 6 good quality venison or beef sausages, linked together
- Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
- Small bunch fresh rosemary, leaves picked and finely chopped
- Nutmeg, for grating
- 3 red onions, peeled and finely sliced
- Few bay leaves
- 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup balsamic vinegar
- 1 cup plus 1 tablespoon good-quality vegetable or chicken stock
Directions
Cook the potatoes and mixed vegetables in a pan of boiling water for 15 to 20 minutes. When they're cooked right through, drain and put aside.
Heat a glug of olive oil and half the butter in a large frying pan and add the chestnuts. When they start to sizzle, add the potatoes and vegetables. Mash the vegetables up in the pan, then pat the mixture into a thick pancake shape. Fry on a medium heat for about 1/2 an hour, checking it every 5 minutes. When the bottom turns golden, flip it over bit by bit and mash it back into itself. Pat it out flat again and continue cooking until really crisp all over.
Preheat the oven and a roasting pan to 425 degrees F.
Unravel the pork sausage links and squeeze the filling between them until all 6 sausages are joined together. Do the same to your venison or beef sausages. Pat them to flatten them a bit. Drizzle with olive oil and massage this into your 2 long sausages. Sprinkle over a pinch of pepper, the rosemary and some nutmeg. Put 1sausage on top of the other and roll them up like a licorice wheel! Poke 2 skewers through, in a cross shape, to hold the sausages together.
Take the preheated roasting pan from the oven. Drizzle in some olive oil and add the onions. Season, add the remaining butter and stir. Place the sausage wheel on the onions and stick the bay leaves between the sausages. Drizzle with some more oil and roast in the preheated oven for around 40 minutes, or until golden and crisp. When your sausages and onions are done, your bubble and squeak should be ready too. If it still hasn't browned, put it under a hot broiler for 5 minutes.
Remove the sausages to a plate and place the pan with the onions on the stove top. Whack the heat up to full and stir in the flour, balsamic vinegar and stock. Bring to the boil and leave to thicken to a nice gravy consistency, stirring every now and then, and season to taste. Remove the skewers and cut the sausages into wedges. Serve the bubble and squeak with a good portion of sausage, a spoonful of onion gravy and perhaps some lovely dressed watercress.
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By servalan
on April 25, 2013
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It's alright, the main thing about bubble and squeak is that it's leftovers, don't go making stuff specially for the recipe but wait until you, literally, have leftover spuds, cabbage and carrots. Does he tell you about fried bread? Well, that needs to be a part of this too. Avoid the gravy because it will just turn the bubble and squeak into mush. Bangers, beans, fried bread, bubble and squeak and some mushrooms. Should take about ten minutes to knock this out.
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By SmokyMountains
Knoxville, TN
on December 17, 2011
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I only made the gravy to go with some cooked knackwurst & it was very good. Will definitely make again. I used less balsamic vinegar than called for.
By Cupcake Craze
Buena Park, Ca
on February 12, 2011
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Jamie Oliver is so darn cute.... the recipe called for a knobs of Butter. Im a Californian... had to look it up ! lol
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