Irish Boxty potato pancake
Boxty is a traditional Irish potato pancake made with a mix of grated raw potato and mashed potato, combined with flour, baking soda, and buttermilk (I often like to add onion to mine too). It’s pan-fried until golden brown and crisp on the outside, while staying soft and fluffy on the inside. It's a great way of using leftover mashed potato and very cost effective.
Ingredients
- 350 g grated raw potato
- 250 g mashed potato cold works best
- 1 small onion grated not traditional but it adds lots of flavour
- 150 g plain flour
- 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
- 1 tsp salt
- 150 ml buttermilk or milk with 1 tbsp vinegar or lemon juice added
- Oil to cook
- Knobs of butter to finish
Instructions
- Grate the potato onto a clean tea towel. Then squeeze out the liquid starch and discard. Put the mash potato into a bowl along with the grated raw potato, grate in the onion, add the salt and stir together. Sieve in the flour and bicarbonate of soda, mix well. Pour in the buttermilk and stir to combine, the mix should drop off the spoon like thick double cream, add more milk if needed. Warm a large skillet or frying pan, coat lightly in oil. Scoop on 2 tablespoons per pancake. Flatten down. Cook for a few minutes until a crust forms then flip. Repeat. Before serving, return the cooked pancakes to the pan and add a few knobs of butter to coat each pancake.Serve with your Irish fry
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