Bacon and Cabbage

Name: Bacon and Cabbage
Yield: 3 servings
Cuisine: Irish
Ingredients: 1kg bacon joint; 1 cabbage, shredded; 4 potatoes, boiled; 2 tbsp butter; 2 tbsp flour, for the sauce

Bacon and Cabbage/BAY-kon and KAB-ij/

About this dish

Boiled bacon simmered with cabbage, potatoes, and a parsley cream sauce.

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Ingredients

🥓1kg bacon joint

🥬1 cabbage, shredded

🥔4 potatoes, boiled

🧈2 tbsp butter

🌾2 tbsp flour, for the sauce

Method

Serves 3

Simmer the bacon joint in water for about an hour until tender, reserving the cooking liquid.

Cook the shredded cabbage in some of the bacon cooking liquid until tender.

Make a simple parsley sauce with butter, flour, milk, and fresh parsley.

Slice the bacon and serve alongside the cabbage and boiled potatoes.

Pour the parsley sauce over the top.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Bacon and cabbage is a traditional Irish home-cooked meal, historically one of the most common everyday dinners in Ireland.

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