This recipe comes from one of my co-workers Ruth. She knows I love a good recipe and was kind enough to share this. It’s one of the things I like about food. Everyone needs to eat, and everyone has a favourite food. Many of my recipes come from people who just wanted to share something they really enjoyed.
This is a traditional Scottish recipe, and was probably developed to use up left over vegetables. I wasn’t that organised so I made this from scratch, but if you plan ahead and have left over veggies then this can be really quick to make. The name supposedly comes from the fact that cabbage and turnip can make some people a bit “windy”. Rumbledethump refers to the noises they may make. Thankfully this wasn’t my experience.
Rumbledethumps are traditionally fried, I oven baked these to make them a little healthier.
These make a great side dish or are delicious served with a fried egg.
Makes 8
Ingredients
500 Grams Potatoes (peeled and cubed)
200 Grams Turnip (peeled and cubed) – in England this is known as swede, but in NI we call it turnip)
1/2 Onion (finely sliced)
125 Grams Cabbage (finely sliced)
1 Egg yolk
50 Grams Cheddar cheese (grated)
2 Tbsps Oil
Salt and pepper
Method
- Cook the potatoes and turnip until soft, drain and mash roughly before allowing to cool
- Add 1 Tbsp of oil to a pan and gently fry until soft, allow to cool
- Combine all the ingredients (except the remaining oil), in a bowl. Check the seasoning, I found this recipe needed quite a lot.
- Preheat your oven to 200 degrees. Get your hands into the mixture, and make 8 equal sized patties.
- Set the patties onto a greased baking sheet. Brush with the remaining oil and bake for 25-30mins
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