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Boxty (Potato Griddle Cakes)
Ingredients
- 1/2 lb Raw potato
- 1/2 lb cooked mashed potato
- 1/2 lb Plain flour
- Milk (see recipe for amt.)
- 1 Egg
- 1 medium onion, chopped fine
- Salt and pepper
Instructions
Grate raw potatoes and mix with the cooked mashed potatoes. Add
salt,
pepper, onion and flour. Beat egg and add to mixture with just
enough milk
to make a batter that will drop from a spoon. Drop by tablespoonfuls
onto a
hot griddle or frying pan. Cook over a moderate heat for 3-4
minutes on each
side. Serve with a tart apple sauce: or as part of an Ulster
Fry, with
bacon, fried sausage, fried eggs, black pudding, and soda bread...
Colcannon (Winter Vegetable Casserole)
Ingredients
- 1 lb Potatoes, sliced
- 2 medium Parsnips,peeled and sliced
- 2 medium Leeks
- 1 cup milk
- 1 lb Kale or cabbage
- 1/2 tsp Mace
- 2 large Garlic cloves, minced
- 1 tsp Salt
- 1/2 tsp Pepper
- 2 TBSP butter
- 1 bunch fresh Parsley, chopped
Instructions
Cook the potatoes and parsnips in water until tender. While these
are
cooking, chop leeks (greens as well as whites) and simmer in the
milk until
soft. Next, cook the kale or cabbage and have warm and well chopped.
Drain
the potatoes, season with mace, garlic, salt and pepper, and
beat well. Add
the cooked leeks and milk (be careful not to break down the leeks
too much).
Finally, blend in the kale or cabbage and butter. The texture
should be that
of a smooth-buttery potato with well distributed pieces of leek
and kale.
Garnish with parsley. Colcannon is also made by cooking layered
vegetables,
starting with potatoes, in a slow-cooker during the day. Drain
vegetables,
blend with milk and margarine as above and garnish with parsley.
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