Boxty (Irish Potato Cakes)
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.
- Time
- 1 hour
- Yield
- 20 cakes
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
Method
- Take half of the potatoes and wash, peel, chunk, and boil them.
- Mash the boiled potatoes with milk and 1 tablespoon butter and set them aside.
- Grate the other pound of (raw) potatoes into a strong cloth.
- Squeeze cloth to remove all possible liquid from the raw potatoes.
- Mix together the grated potatoes, the mashed potatoes, baking soda, buttermilk, flour, and black pepper (to taste).
- Stir thoroughly to combine.
- Warm nonstick griddle or skillet over medium heat and melt butter.
- Pour potato cakes on griddle, ¼ cup at a time.
- Fry until edges are soft and cake is bubbling.
- Cook on other side.
- Serve hot.