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A serving of rumbledethumps on a breakfast plate with a fried egg and bacon.

Photo by Joseph De Leo, Food Styling by Kaitlin Wayne

This breakfast casserole is Scotland’s answer to the English bubble and squeak—potatoes coarsely mashed with cabbage and baked with a Cheddar cheese topping. Spoon out with fried eggs and bacon or serve as part of a full Scottish breakfast. If using leftovers, simply mash, season and skip to the last step of the recipe.

This recipe was excerpted from ‘The British Cookbook: Authentic Home Cooking Recipes from England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland’ by Ben Mervis. Buy the full book on Amazon.

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