Welsh Onion Cake with Gammon
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Ingredients
- 800 g potatoes
- 2 onions, thinly sliced
- 50 g butter
- 4 gammon steaks
- 0.5 tsp dried thyme
Nutrition (per serving)
- Calories
- 522 kcal
- Protein
- 40.7 g
- Carbohydrate
- 37.7 g
- of which sugars
- 6.7 g
- Fat
- 21.7 g
- of which saturates
- 10.4 g
- Fibre
- 5.6 g
- Salt
- 4.95 g
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Method
- 1
Heat the oven to 180C (160C fan, gas 4). Peel and very thinly slice the potatoes.
- 2
Butter a round ovenproof dish and layer the potato slices and sliced onions, overlapping, brushing each layer with melted butter and scattering with dried thyme.
- 3
Cover with foil and bake for 50 minutes, then uncover and bake for a further 15 minutes until the top is golden and the potatoes are tender.
- 4
Meanwhile, grill or fry the gammon steaks for 4-5 minutes on each side until cooked through with no pink remaining.
- 5
Turn the onion cake out and cut into wedges.
- 6
Serve the onion cake with the gammon steaks alongside.

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