RECIPE WED #22: Bubbles & Squeak

A perfect warm up dinner in the winter time!!

This is a dish my momma 

would make often!! 

We loved it, she would change it up with what was available in the garden, grocery store, or even fridge. 

Kinda like a Shepperd's pie. 

My momma never called it "Bubbles and Squeak" 

but as I grew up I realized it wasn't just a "made up dish" it actually had a name...

Isn't this head of cabbage lovely?! This pic is from this blog.

BUBBLES AND SQUEAK-'HOOD STYLE!

• 1 head of cabbage shredded
• 3-4 pieces of bacon crisped and drippings saved
• Additional bacon drippings if have or neutral tasting high temp oil
• 1 small onion, diced
• 2-3 C left over mashed potatoes, or 5-6 potatoes mashed with milk and butter, but make it drier than you normally would and place in the fridge to make colder.
• 3-T Sour Cream
• 3-T smoked paprika
• 1-T ground mustard seed or prepared mustard
• Kosher Salt & Fresh ground pepper

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Looks like mine, but pic is not mine

1. Crisp bacon & onion in large chicken frying pan, remove bacon and onions with a slotted spoon, & set aside leaving the drippings in the pan. 
2. Add the cabbage in batches if won't all fit, will cook down soon.
3. Mix sour cream, paprika, s & p, w/mashed potatoes 
4. When cabbage is cooked down, and fragrant add in mashed potatoes and bacon/onion mixture. 
5. Make sure the surface is well oiled if using a pan that does NOT have non-stick coating, which I DO NOT USE!!
6. Slightly pat down with a spatula to resemble a "frittata/Mashed potato Pancake" of sorts. 
7. Allow to crisp and crust on the bottom if you cannot turn without sticking and tearing, it does not have enough of a crust. 
8. Flip and brown on the other side...

Yummy!!

I like to make a "sauce" by:

• thinning sour cream with a bit of milk, 
• Add salt & fresh cracked pepper, 
• A pinch of sugar, 
• Palmful of smoked paprika, 
• And finish with a sprinkle of parsley.
• Mix together in a small bowl before you make the "Bubbles & Squeak" and place in fridge to allow flavors to meld (About 20-30 min)

Serve with a dollop of my"sauce"... 

 AND IT'S SUPER DUPER YUMMY!!