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Boxty IrishPotatoPancakerecipeforbreakfast

Boxty - Irish Potato Pancakes

5 from 4 votes
Hearty Irish breakfast idea, can be served with eggs and bacon. Soft, buttery and filling, this is a must-have St. Patrick's Day food.
Recipe AuthorCooking Journey Blog
https://cookingjourneyblog.com
Prep Time30 minutes
Cook Time42 minutes
Total Time1 hour 12 minutes
CourseBreakfast, Brunch
CuisineIrish
Servings14

Equipment

  • A pan
  • medium pot
  • Grater
  • Cheese cloth
  • Masher or fork

Ingredients

Make mashed potatoes or use 1 cup of leftover mashed potatoes instead

  • ½ kg potatoes washed and peeled
  • 1 tbsp butter
  • 1/2 cup milk
  • 1/2 tsp salt or more to taste
  • 1/2 tsp pepper or more to taste

For the boxty

  • 1 cup raw potatoes without skin, grated
  • 1 cup flour all-purpose
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 2 eggs medium size
  • 1/8 cup milk or buttermilk
  • 2 tbsp vegetable oil or butter for frying

For serving

  • 1/2 cup sour cream optional
  • 1 tbsp scallions chopped

Instructions

Make mashed potatoes if you don't have leftovers

  • Put potatoes in a pot with boiling water, cook on medium heat for 15 min until soft*. Pour out liquid from the pot and put it back to heat for 1 minute to let the excess liquid evaporate.
    ½ kg potatoes
    Putpotatoesinapotwithboilingwater,cookonmediumheatforminuntilsoft*.Pouroutliquidfromthepotandputitbacktoheatforminutetolettheexcessliquidevaporate.
  • Remove pot from heat, mash potatoes with 2 forks or potato masher.
    Removepotfromheat,mashpotatoeswithforksorpotatomasher.
  • Slowly add milk in few batches, mixing with a spoon until you are happy with consistency.
    1/2 cup milk
    Slowly add milk in few batches, mixing with a spoon until you are happy with consistency.
  • Mash in butter.
    1 tbsp butter
    Mash in butter.
  • Add salt and pepper, give it a taste if it needs more spice. Let mashed potatoes cool.
    1/2 tsp salt, 1/2 tsp pepper
    Add salt and pepper, give it a taste if it needs more spice. Let mashed potatoes cool.

Prepare boxty

  • Place grated potatoes in a cheese cloth and squeeze as much liquid as possible.**
    Place grated potatoes in a cheese cloth and squeeze as much liquid as possible.**
  • In a small bowl combine flour, baking powder and salt.
    1 cup flour, 2 tsp baking powder, 1 tsp salt
    In a small bowl combine flour, baking powder and salt.
  • In a large bowl mix well together grated potatoes with mashed potatoes, eggs and flour mixture.
    1 cup raw potatoes, 2 eggs
    In a large bowl mix well together grated potatoes with mashed potatoes, eggs and flour mixture.
  • Slowly pour in milk, mixing until you get a texture of pancake batter- not too runny and not too thick.***
    1/8 cup milk
    Slowlypourinmilk,mixinguntilyougetatextureofpancakebatter nottoorunnyandnottoothick.***

Cook boxty

  • Heat oil or batter in a pan.
    2 tbsp vegetable oil or butter
    Heat oil or batter in a pan.
  • Add 1 tablespoon of potato batter and with a back of the spoon form a round shape.
    Addtablespoonofpotatobatterandwithabackofthespoonformaroundshape.
  • Cook on medium heat for 3 minutes, then flip and cook 3 minutes more. The pancake should brown from both edges.****
    Cookonmediumheatforminutes,thenflipandcookminutesmore.Thepancakeshouldbrownfrombothedges.****
  • Cook another batch of boxty until you use all batter. Heat the vegetable oil in between, if needed.
    Cook another batch of boxty until you use all batter. Heat the vegetable oil in between, if needed.
  • Serve hot with sour cream and chopped scallions.
    1/2 cup sour cream, 1 tbsp scallions
    Serve hot with sour cream and chopped scallions.

Notes

You will need 1 cup of mashed potatoes or leftover mashed potatoes for this recipe.
*Check if potatoes ready with a fork - it should easily come in and out.
**If you don't have cheese cloth, put grated potatoes in the sieve and press with a spoon on hand.
*** If the batter is too runny, add more flour; if it is too thick - add more milk.
****Place boxty on a paper towel to remove excess oil.
Store in the fridge up to 4-5 days or freeze up to 2 months. Reheat in the pan without or just a dollop of oil. You can also reheat in the oven 395 F / 200 C for 20 minutes.

Nutrition

Calories: 128kcal | Carbohydrates: 17g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 5g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 31mg | Sodium: 340mg | Potassium: 260mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 133IU | Vitamin C: 10mg | Calcium: 67mg | Iron: 1mg