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Babka Ziemniaczana (Polish Potato Bake with Bacon)

One serving has 612 kcal and 18 g protein, and at least a fifth of a woman's daily need of pyridoxine (98%), phosphorus (49%), thiamin (47%), copper (44%), selenium (43%) and niacin (41%). Ready in 105 minutes.

Babka Ziemniaczana (Polish Potato Bake with Bacon)
Photo: Zuzanna K. Filutowska, CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
  • Preparation: 25 min
  • Cooking: 80 min
  • Makes: 1 serving (474 g)
  • Difficulty: Medium
  • Contains: dairy, egg, gluten, pork

Ingredients

  • 300 g Potatoes, floury (russet), raw
  • 50 g Onion
  • 40 g Bacon
  • 25 g Egg
  • 15 g Flour, all-purpose
  • 0.5 g Marjoram, dried
  • 0.5 g Salt
  • 0.2 g Black pepper
  • 3 g Vegetable oil (for the tin)
  • 40 g Sour cream

Method

  1. Heat the oven to 180 °C and oil a baking tin or loaf tin.
  2. Dice the bacon and fry it for 5 minutes until the fat runs, then add the chopped onion and fry for 5 minutes more until soft and golden. Leave to cool a little.
  3. Peel the potatoes and grate them finely. Mix them straight away with the egg, flour, marjoram, salt and pepper, and the bacon and onion with their fat.
  4. Pour the mixture into the tin, about 5 cm deep, and smooth the top.
  5. Bake for 70-80 minutes, until deep golden brown and crisp on top and at the edges, and a knife pushed into the middle comes out clean.
  6. Leave it to rest for 10 minutes, cut it into squares and serve hot with sour cream.

Nutrition per serving

NutrientPer servingShare of a day's need
Energy612 kcal29%
Carbohydrates72.8 g
Water349 mL
Fiber5.4 g18%
Protein18.2 g38%
Tryptophan0.08 g
Threonine0.25 g
Isoleucine0.29 g
Leucine0.52 g
Lysine0.39 g
Methionine0.15 g
Cystine0.11 g
Phenylalanine0.32 g
Tyrosine0.24 g
Valine0.37 g
Histidine0.16 g
Fat28.4 g
Monounsaturated9.8 g
Polyunsaturated5 g
Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA)0.02 g
Eicosapentaenoic Acid (EPA)0 g
Omega-64.4 g
Saturated10.5 g
Trans-Fats0.41 g
Cholesterol143 mg
Calcium121 mg12%
Copper0.4 mg44%
Iron4.4 mg25%
Magnesium91.6 mg30%
Manganese0.71 mg39%
Phosphorus344 mg49%
Potassium1,515 mg32%
Selenium23.8 µg43%
Sodium560 mg
Zinc2 mg25%
Thiamin (vitamin B1)0.52 mg47%
Riboflavin (vitamin B2)0.4 mg36%
Niacin (vitamin B3)5.7 mg41%
Pantothenic acid (vitamin B5)1.8 mg37%
Pyridoxine (vitamin B6)1.3 mg98%
Folate (vitamin B9)94.5 µg24%
Cobalamin (vitamin B12)0.51 µg21%
Choline141 mg33%
Vitamin A96.1 µg14%
Vitamin C21.4 mg29%
Vitamin D (D2 + D3)26.9 IU4%
Vitamin E0.92 mg6%
Vitamin K15.3 µg17%

Shares of a day's need are for a woman of 30, 165 cm, 60 kg, lightly active, by the US and Canadian Dietary Reference Intakes. SustainBite works out each person's own needs, by the standard where they live: the Nordic Nutrition Recommendations in Norway, the UK's, EFSA's in the EU.

Climate footprint

0.7 kg CO2e a serving: about average for main dishes on SustainBite. Source: ADEME, Agribalyse 3.2.

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