Easy Bacon Floodies – Old School Northern British Comfort Food

bacon

🥗Healthier: turkey bacon

💰Cheaper: pork belly

Turkey bacon is lower in fat, while pork belly can be more affordable.

cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: processed cheese

Nutritional yeast is lower in calories and adds a cheesy flavor.

Grate raw potato and soak in salted water for 5 minutes, then drain using a tea towel.

Chop streaky bacon with scissors.

Fry bacon in a pan without oil, using the fat from the bacon.

Remove bacon from the pan and set aside, saving the fat in a tub.

Prepare two batters: one with flour, salt, black pepper, baking powder, milk, and an egg; the other with flour, salt, black pepper, baking powder, and water.

Mix grated raw potato into one batter and mashed potato into the other.

Heat bacon fat and butter in a non-stick pan over low heat.

Spoon the batter into the pan, shaping them into flat cakes.

Cook for 3 to 5 minutes on each side until golden and cooked through.

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