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Potato cakes with avocado and poached eggs

Gourmet dish with poached egg, avocado, and bacon on potato cakes, topped with green onions. Yolk drips on a dark plate in a kitchen setting.

By Tom · Updated

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  • Serves 2
  • About 25 min
  • Takes a bit of care

Potato cakes with avocado, crispy bacon & poached eggs. A café-style brunch you can easily make at home. Fluffy spring onion potato cakes, layered with creamy avocado, crispy bacon, and finished with the perfect poached egg.

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Potato cakes with avocado and poached eggs

Potato cakes with avocado, crispy bacon & poached eggs.

  • Serves 2
  • 15 min prep
  • 9 min cooking
  • Takes a bit of care

Times and difficulty are our estimates from the method, not stopwatch figures.

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Ingredients

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Method

1. Make the potato cakes

  1. Step 1

    Boil potatoes (225 g) in salted water until fork-tender. Drain well.

  2. Step 2

    Mash with butter (20 g) until smooth (or use a potato (225 g) ricer).

  3. Step 3

    Mix in flour (50 g), chopped spring onions (2 onions), salt, and white pepper.

  4. Step 4

    Knead on a floured surface for 2-3 minutes until smooth.

  5. Step 5

    Roll out to about 1.5 cm thick and cut into rounds (4-5 cakes).

  6. Step 6

    Cook in a dry pan (or lightly oiled/buttered pan) for 2-3 minutes each side until golden. Set aside.

2. Cook the bacon

  1. Step 1

    In the same pan, fry bacon (4 bacon) slowly until crisp. Remove and keep warm.

3. Prepare the avocado

  1. Step 1

    Halve, stone, and peel the avocado (1 avocado). Slice thinly, then fan out.

4. Poach the eggs

  1. Step 1

    Bring a deep pan of water to a boil, then reduce to a gentle simmer.

  2. Step 2

    Add a splash of vinegar (1 tbsp) (optional, helps whites set).

  3. Step 3

    Crack eggs (2 eggs) into ramekins, then gently slide them into the water.

  4. Step 4

    Cook for 3 minutes for runny yolks. Remove and drain on kitchen paper.

5. Assemble the dish

  1. Step 1

    Warm the potato (225 g) cakes briefly in the bacon (4 bacon) pan to absorb the flavour.

  2. Step 2

    Stack: potato (225 g) cake avocado (1 avocado) slices another potato cake avocado bacon (4 bacon) rashers poached egg (2 eggs).

  3. Step 3

    Season with sea salt, garnish with spring onion (2 onions) greens, and sprinkle with chilli flakes if desired.

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Questions people ask

How long does potato cakes with avocado and poached eggs take?

About 25 min from start to finish, of which 15 min is prep and 9 min is cooking. That figure is worked out from the method rather than timed with a stopwatch, so give yourself a little more the first time.

How many does it serve, and can I change that?

As written it serves 2. Use the scale control on the recipe card to change it: every quantity in the ingredients and inside the method steps updates with it. Seasoning, and anything measured in pinches or splashes, is deliberately left alone.

Can I see the ingredients in ounces and pints?

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