Cookbook:Boxty (Irish Potato Cakes)


 * Irish cuisine

Variant of the traditional Irish fried potato cakes recipe. An old Irish rhyme goes as follows:"'Boxty on the griddle, Boxty in the pan, If you can't make boxty, You'll never get your man.'"

Ingredients

 * 2 pounds potatoes
 * 1 cup milk
 * 1 tablespoon butter
 * 1–2 tablespoons butter, for frying
 * 1½ cups all-purpose flour
 * 1 teaspoon baking soda
 * 1 cup buttermilk
 * Freshly-ground black pepper

Procedure

 * 1) Take half of the potatoes and wash, peel, chunk, and boil them.
 * 2) Mash the boiled potatoes with milk and 1 tablespoon butter and set them aside.
 * 3) Grate the other pound of (raw) potatoes into a strong cloth.
 * 4) Squeeze cloth to remove all possible liquid from the raw potatoes.
 * 5) Mix together the grated potatoes, the mashed potatoes, baking soda, buttermilk, flour, and black pepper (to taste).
 * 6) Stir thoroughly to combine.
 * 7) Warm nonstick griddle or skillet over medium heat and melt butter.
 * 8) Pour potato cakes on griddle, ¼ cup at a time.
 * 9) Fry until edges are soft and cake is bubbling.
 * 10) Cook on other side.
 * 11) Serve hot.