Sig's German Oven Potato Cake

Name: Sig's German Oven Potato Cake
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 800 grams good flavourful mashing potato, of choice; 1 pinch salt or salt substitute; 1 pinch ground black pepper; 1 pinch ground nutmeg; 175 grams plain flour; 1 tbsp butter for greasing of spring form 26cm diameter; 12 slice bacon of choice (I use vegetarian for myself); 3 small onions or large shallots; 30 grams butter or margarine; 200 grams gouda and/or edam cheese, or you can use any other cheese that melts well; 150 grams sour cream; 3 small eggs

Sigrun @sigrun

German, living in England

I liked this as a child with proper bacon but have adapted this at times when I eat it by using a vegetarian type of bacon.
Here however it is done for my family, with bacon.
I like to know that they have a homemade meal, on a day when I work away.I made this the way my nan made it.

Sigrun @sigrun

German, living in England

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Ingredients

6 servings

800 gramsgood flavourful mashing potato, of choice
1 pinchsalt or salt substitute
1 pinchground black pepper
1 pinchground nutmeg
175 gramsplain flour
1 tbspbutter for greasing of spring form 26cm diameter
12 slicebacon of choice (I use vegetarian for myself)
3small onions or large shallots
30 gramsbutter or margarine
200 gramsgouda and/or edam cheese, or you can use any other cheese that melts well
150 gramssour cream
3small eggs

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Steps

1

Preheat the oven to 200C°
2

Boil potatoes in skin in salted water for 20 minutes. Pour away the boiling water.Rinse under cold water and cool slightly. Carefully peel the potatoes.
3

Leave the potatoes to cool further, then break them down into a mash, without adding anything.I use a potato ricer ot a blender for this.
4

Mix the flour with the mashed up potatoes and make this into a dough of sorts. Season it with salt, pepper and nutmeg.
5

Grease a 26 cm diameter spring form with the tablesppon of butter Then press the dough into the form creating a good edge.
6

Keep a slice of bacon for each person aside, chop up the rest.Chop the onions finely. Saute both, then drain them on kitchen towel and sprinkle over the base of the potato in the spring form on the rest of butter.
7

Grate or chop up the cheese of choice, you can use more than one variety..Mix with eggs and soured cream. I use a blender for this.
8

Pour the cheese mixture over the bacon and onion pieces
9

Put the cake into your preheated oven. Bake in oven at 200 C° gas 3 for about 50 to 60 minutes, When it gets towards the end of cooking time cover the potato cake with foil so that it does not go to brown.
10

Fry the rest of the bacon garnish the top of the cake with it to your liking. Serve hot or at room temperature, on its own or next to grilled lamb or other meats and salad