Champ pie

Name: Champ pie
Cook time: 135 min
Total time: 135 min
Yield: 10
Ingredients: 10 large Maris Piper potatoes (250g each); 6 medium leeks; 25g unsalted butter; olive oil; 2 fresh bay leaves; 1 bunch of fresh thyme (30g); 200ml semi-skimmed milk; 100g watercress; 150g mature Cheddar cheese; 1 whole nutmeg, for grating; 3 large free-range eggs; 50g breadcrumbs

Leeks, watercress, Cheddar & super-crispy potato skins

Vegetarian

2 hrs 15 mins

Not Too Tricky

serves 10

About the recipe

Champ is a classic Irish potato dish. I’ve evolved that wonderful recipe here to utilize the potato skins, too. They get super-crisp and savoury, and once filled with the creamy smashed potatoes and baked are absolutely amazing.

Jamie Oliver's Christmas Cookbook, p114

nutrition per serving

Calories

16%

Fat

19%

Saturates

29%

Sugars

Salt

15%

Protein

25%

Carbs

16%

Fibre

of an adult’s reference intake

Recipe From

Jamie Oliver's Christmas Cookbook

By Jamie Oliver

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Ingredients

10 large Maris Piper potatoes (250g each)

6 medium leeks

25g unsalted butter

olive oil

2 fresh bay leaves

1 bunch of fresh thyme (30g)

200ml semi-skimmed milk

100g watercress

150g mature Cheddar cheese

1 whole nutmeg, for grating

3 large free-range eggs

50g breadcrumbs

Method

Find the recipe!

For the full recipe, head to page 114 of Jamie Oliver's Christmas Cookbook.

Make this the day before and keep cool right up until the point where you’re ready to bake it.

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