This is the second part of our Irish Cuisine blog post series. This time, we feature boxty and colcannon. See first part here featuring Irish soda bread and Irish stew. More of World Cuisine here.
Irish Cuisine: Boxty And Colcannon
Boxty. This Irish traditional dish means “poor house bread”. Boxty is made of raw, finely grated potato mixed with mashed potato, flour, baking soda, buttermilk and eggs then cooked like a pancake on a griddle pan.
Boxty with bacon, eggs & tomatoes by John Torode | BBC Good Food
Ingredients
4 large baking potatoes
1 bunch spring onions finely sliced
100g plain flour
1 egg white
150ml buttermilk
1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
3 tbsp butter (or more if you need)
2 tbsp vegetable oil (or more if you need)
For the tomatoes
6 small bunches cherry tomatoes
To serve
12 rashers back bacon
6 egg
Eggs, cooked how you like them
See recipe here.
Colcannon. Colcannon, which means “white-headed cabbage”, is made of mashed potato with kale or cabbage.
Colcannon by Good Food | BBC Good Food
Colcannon by Good Food | BBC Good Food
Ingredients
1kg potato well scrubbed (cut any large ones in half)
100g butter
140g sliced back bacon, finely chopped
1 small Savoy cabbage, finely shredded
150ml double cream
See recipe here.
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