Boxty (Potato Griddle Cakes)
8 Servings
1/2 lb Raw potato
1/2 lb potato,Mashed
1/2 lb Plain flour
1 Milk
1 Egg
1 Salt and pepper
Grate raw potatoes and mix with the cooked mashed potatoes.
Add
salt, pepper and flour. Beat egg and add to mixture with just
enough
milk to make a batter that will drop from a spoon. Drop by
tablespoonfuls onto a hot griddle or frying pan. Cook over a
moderate
heat for 3-4 minutes on each side. Serve with a tart apple
sauce: or
as part of an Ulster Fry, with fried bacon, fried sausage,
fried eggs,
fried black pudding, fried bread, fried soda bread... .
An old poem goes: . Boxty on the griddle, boxty in the pan,
if you can't make boxty,
you'll never get a man. . (The accuracy of the poem is
uncertain.)
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