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Salt beef with a fried egg, gooseberry ketchup and pickled onion rings
Photo: Lily Banse

Salt beef with a fried egg, gooseberry ketchup and pickled onion rings

28 ingredients 30 min + 1 hr Serves 4 openrecipes

Prepare these tasty salt beef and potato cakes in advance and keep them uncooked in the fridge, along with the fancy ketchup. Then the meal comes together in the time it takes you to deep-fry the pickled onion rings.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

1323
Calories
62g
Protein
42g
Fat
173g
Carbs

Counts 18 of 22 ingredients — the other 4 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 18 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Beef 100g cooked 250
Mashed Potato 1 medium (173g) baked 161
Milk 1 cup (244ml) whole 149
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Soy Sauce 1 tbsp (15ml) 9
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Thyme 1 tsp dried (1.4g) 4
Garlic 1 clove (3g) 4
Watercress 1 cup (34g) 4
Mustard 1 tsp (5g) yellow 3
Vinegar 1 tbsp (15ml) distilled 3
Chives 1 tbsp (3g) 1
Parsley 1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g) 1
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Rapeseed Oil not in our table 0
Lovage not in our table 0
Cider not in our table 0
Star Anise not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 1 large white onion
  • , for frying rapeseed oil
  • 2 sprigs fresh thyme
  • and freshly ground saltblack pepper
  • 4 spring onions
  • 400g/14oz dry, cooked mashed potato
  • ½ bunch fresh chives
  • handful fresh flatleaf parsley
  • fresh lovage
  • 1 tbsp wholegrain mustard
  • 200g/7oz cooked salt beef
  • 250g/9oz fresh gooseberries
  • 1 large white onion
  • 150g/5½oz unrefined sugar
  • 100g/3½oz dark brown sugar
  • 200ml/7fl oz cider vinegar
  • ½ tsp ground mixed spice
  • 1 star anise
  • dash of Worcestershire sauce
  • 1 garlic
  • , for deep frying rapeseed oil
  • 2 large pickled onions
  • 200ml/7fl oz milk
  • 200g/7oz plain flour
  • , for frying rapeseed oil
  • , for frying butter
  • 4 free-range eggs
  • , for garnish (optional) watercress

Directions

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By bbcfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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