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Brecwast Bara Lawr (Laver Bread Breakfast)

Brecwast Bara Lawr (Laver Bread Breakfast) is a traditional Welsh (Cymric) recipe for a classic breakfast dish of laver bread (nori paste) that's formed into small cakes, coated in oatmeal and fried with bacon. The full recipe is presented here and I hope you enjoy this classic Welsh version of: Laver Bread Breakfast (Brecwast Bara Lawr).

prep time

20 minutes

cook time

50 minutes

Total Time:

70 minutes

Serves:

Rating:

Tags : Wild Food British Recipes Cymric/Welsh Recipes

Original Recipe

Y gwymon Porphyra leucostica a Porphyra umbricalis yw bara lawr. Fel arfer mae'n cael ei baratoi if frecwast ond gellid ei ddefnyddio fel llysieiun gyda chig oen rhost hefyd.

Cynhwysion:

300g bara lawr
200g blawd ceirch
bacwn
olew i ffrio

Dull:

Y peth gorau yw hel bara lawr ffrès o lan y mor. Dylid ei feddalu drwy ei ferwi mewn d¯r a halen am tua 40 munud, neu nes i'r gwymon ddechrau torri i lawr. Wedyn dylid tynnu'r dŵr cyn gwasgu'r bara lwar mewn tywel. Ar y pwynt yma dylid gallu cymysgu gyda hanner y blawd ceirch cyn ffurfio'r bara lawr i siâp cacen cyn ei rolio yng ngweddill y blawd ceirch. Wedi rhoi padell ar y tân dylid ychwanegu olew a chychwyn ffrio'r bacwn cyn ychwanegu'r bara lawr a'r ffrio nes fod y ceirch yn dechrau troi'n frown.

English Translation

Laverbread, bara lawr in Welsh, is made from seaweed, Porphyra leucostica and Porphyra umbricalis. Typically it is prepared for breakfast though it can also be served as a vegetable to accompany roast lamb.

Ingredients:

300g laver
200g oatmeal
bacon rashers
oil for frying

Method:

The best thing is to get fresh laver from the sea shore (though shop-bought will also work). If using fresh soften by plunging in lightly-salted boiling water for about 40 minutes, or until the seaweed begins to break down to a slurry. Drain, allow to cool then wring in a tea towel. At this point it should be possible for you to mix with half the oatmeal and shape the laver into small cakes before rolling the the remaining oatmeal.

Put a frying pan on the fire and add a little oil and begin frying the bacon. Add the lavercakes and fry until the oatmeal begins to brown and the laver cakes are cooked through.