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Boxty (Irish Potato Cakes)

Boxty (Irish Potato Cakes) — a potato recipe, 8 ingredients, about 60 min.

60 min · Potato

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Ingredients

Units: US Metric
Scale: ½× – 4× with Plus →
  • 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
Make it lactose-friendly
  • 1 cup milk → lactose-free milk, oat milk, or almond milk
  • 1 tablespoon butter → plant butter, ghee (mostly lactose-free), or olive oil
  • 1–2 tablespoons butter, for frying → plant butter, ghee (mostly lactose-free), or olive oil
  • 1 cup buttermilk → lactose-free milk + 1 tsp lemon juice per cup

Swaps are suggestions, not medical advice. Check labels if lactose is a serious issue for you.

Steps

  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.

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Source

Wikibooks Cookbook — adapted under CC BY-SA 3.0