Ireland | Breads | Potatoes | Fall

© whats4eats.com
Boxty Recipe

Boxty

(Irish potato pancakes)

Yield: 10-12 pancakes


INGREDIENTS PREP AMOUNT
Potatoes peeled, boiled, mashed 1/2 lb
Potatoes peeled, grated, squeezed dry 1/2 lb
Flour 3/4 cup
Egg beaten 1 each
Milk 1/2 cup
Salt and pepper to season
     
Oil   for frying

METHOD

Basic Steps:  Mix → Fry
  1. Mix all ingredients together well in a large bowl.
  2. Heat a generous amount of oil in a skillet or frying pan. Drop about 2 tablespoons of batter at a time into the hot oil and spread out into a round about 1/2" thick. Let fry until underside browns then flip and brown the other side.
  3. Remove to a paper towel-lined plate and repeat with the rest of the batter. Finished boxty can be held in a warm oven.

VARIATIONS

  • Add 1 tsp of baking powder to the batter if you like to make the cakes puff slightly more.
  • Large, plate-size boxty are often made and folded over fillings.

NOTES

  • Boxty comes from the northern regions of Ireland and goes well with a breakfast of sausages, bacon and eggs or as a side dish to Irish stew.
  • The word boxty comes from the Gaelic bac-stai, where "bac" is a shelf over a "stai", or open fire, where it was originally cooked.
  • Boxty is particularly popular around Halloween.