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Boxty
Bacstaí: griddled potato pancakes of grated and mashed potato
IrishBoxty is the potato pancake of the north midlands, from Leitrim, Cavan and Fermanagh, remembered in the rhyme 'boxty on the griddle, boxty in the pan'. Raw grated potato is mixed with mashed potato, flour and buttermilk, then fried, giving a cake that is crisp and lacy outside and soft and slightly chewy inside. Eat it for breakfast with eggs and tomatoes, or wrapped round a creamy mushroom filling. Chef's tip: squeeze the grated potato hard in a cloth; wet potato gives soggy, grey boxty.
- Total time
- 45 min
- Difficulty
- easy
- Serves
- 4
Ingredients
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Method
0/5 doneStep 1: Grate the 10 ½ oz potatoes finely, tip onto a clean tea towel and twist it to squeeze out as much liquid as you can.
5 minStep 2: Mix the grated potato with the 10 ½ oz cold mashed potato, 5 ½ oz plain flour, 1 tsp baking powder and 1 tsp salt, then stir in the ¾ cup buttermilk to make a thick batter that drops off a spoon.
3 minStep 3: Heat a heavy frying pan over a medium heat with a little of the 1 ⅜ oz butter. Spoon in the batter to make 10 cm cakes about 1 cm thick.
2 minStep 4: Fry for 4–5 minutes a side, until deep golden and crisp, and cooked through; a common mistake is high heat, which browns them before the raw potato inside cooks.
10 minStep 5: Keep warm in a low oven while you cook the rest with more butter. Serve hot.
10 min
Nutrition per serving
- Calories
- 300 kcal
- Protein
- 7 g
- Carbs
- 48 g
- Fat
- 9 g
- Fibre
- 4 g
Nutrition values are estimates.
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Good to know
- How long does boxty take?
- About 45 minutes in total: 20 minutes to prepare and 25 minutes to cook.
- How many people does it serve?
- 4 as written. Change the servings above the ingredients and every amount scales to match.
- Is it vegetarian?
- Yes. It has no meat or fish.
- What can I use instead of potatoes?
- Sweet potato, same weight (sweeter, cooks a little faster).
- What can I use instead of cold mashed potato?
- Sweet potato, same weight (sweeter, cooks a little faster).
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