Baked Boxty Traybake with Cheddar and Spring Onion
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Ingredients
- 500 g baking potatoes
- 200 g mashed potato
- 150 g plain flour
- 100 ml buttermilk
- 150 g mature cheddar, grated
- 4 spring onions, sliced
- 100 g mixed salad leaves
Nutrition (per serving)
- Calories
- 451 kcal
- Protein
- 18 g
- Carbohydrate
- 57.5 g
- of which sugars
- 3.9 g
- Fat
- 16.1 g
- of which saturates
- 9.6 g
- Fibre
- 5.4 g
- Salt
- 1.09 g
Estimated from typical values for each ingredient — a guide, not a substitute for the label on what you actually buy.
Method
- 1
Heat the oven to 200C (180C fan, gas 6) and line a baking tray.
- 2
Peel and finely grate the raw potatoes, then squeeze out as much liquid as possible in a clean tea towel.
- 3
Mix the grated potato with the mashed potato, flour, buttermilk, two-thirds of the cheddar, the spring onions and a pinch of salt.
- 4
Spread the mixture onto the lined tray in an even layer about 2cm thick and scatter over the remaining cheddar.
- 5
Bake for 25-30 minutes until golden and cooked through, then cut into squares.
- 6
Serve with the salad leaves alongside.

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