Desserts

Bergischer Pill Cake

by Editorial Staff

Summary

Prep Time 30 mins
Total Time 30 mins
Course Main Course
Cuisine European
Servings (Default: 4)

Ingredients

  • 120 g bacon, lean, smoked
  • 2 onions)
  • 3 tablespoon vegetable fat
  • 6 large potato (s)
  • 4 egg (s)
  • 200 ml milk
  • 1 bunch parsley
  • 1 bunch chives
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 pinch (s) pepper
  • 1 pinch (s) nutmeg
  • 120 grams flour
Bergischer Pill Cake
Bergischer Pill Cake

Instructions

  1. Cut the bacon into fine cubes, peel and finely dice the onions.
  2. Heat the fat in a large pan and leave the bacon in it. Add the onion and sweat until translucent.
  3. Peel the potatoes, grate them finely, add to the bacon onions and sauté. Season the whole thing with salt, pepper and grated nutmeg. Sweat on a moderate heat for about 8 minutes.
  4. Mix the flour, eggs and milk in a bowl to form a pancake batter. Fold in the finely chopped herbs and season with salt, pepper and nutmeg.
  5. Put 1/4 of the potato mixture in a pan, spread 1/4 of the pancake batter on top, stir and bake until golden brown on both sides, remove and keep warm.
  6. Process the remaining potato mixture and the pancake batter in the same way.
Editorial Staff

About Editorial Staff

The Boss Kitchen editorial staff oversees content review, fact-checking, and recipe verification across the site. Published articles pass through the editorial team before going live, ensuring ingredient lists, techniques, cooking times, and nutritional claims hold up in a home kitchen. The team coordinates contributions across the site writers, handles reader corrections, and maintains consistency in measurement conventions, safety guidance, and dietary labeling. Posts under this byline typically represent team-reviewed reference material, site announcements, or editorial roundups rather than individual-author features, and they are held to the same sourcing standards as bylined recipe and product coverage.

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