3.13.2014

Irish Boxty



Happy St. Patrick's Day!

What's boxty you ask? Traditional Irish potato cakes. It's said the recipe dates back to the days of the Irish famine, presumably to make potatoes stretch further. After searching online for boxty recipes, the two main ingredients are always leftover mashed potatoes and grated raw potatoes and the patties are usually fried in butter. With even more butter slathered on top of the hot patty! (I skipped that part!)

While boxty used to be considered a peasant dish, it is now common to see it on menus everywhere in Ireland.
I'm joining Kathleen  at Cuisine Kathleen, for her 6th Annual St. Patrick's Day event. Please stop by and see what everyone's doing!

There is a little ditty that accompanies the recipe....
Boxty on the griddle,
Boxty in the pan,
If you can't make boxty,
You'll never get your man.

Irish Boxty




Ingredients:
1 cup raw, grated potatoes
1 cup leftover mashed potatoes
1 cup all-purpose flour
2 tsp baking powder
2 tsp salt
dash pepper
2 eggs, lightly beaten
1/4 cup (about) milk to mix
Butter for frying
Applesauce for serving

Method:
Place the grated raw potatoes in a clean cloth and twist to remove excess moisture. Whisk together flour, salt, and baking powder. Combine flour mixture into raw potatoes, mashed potatoes, and eggs. Add milk until you have a thick batter. Heat a heavy skillet over medium heat and add butter or oil. Drop potato batter by the tablespoon into the hot pan.
Brown on both sides (about 4 minutes per side).

Butter each boxty and serve hot with applesauce or sour cream.

Yield: about 4 servings

23 comments:

  1. Ooh … your boxties sound terrific. What a great way to celebrate St. Patrick's Day!

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  2. Ooh, this looks good! Hugs and blessings, Cindy

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  3. A great way of using leftover potatoes. Those patties look delicious.

    Happy St. Patrick's Day!

    Cheers,

    Rosa

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  4. I am happy to learn about Irish Boxty! I often make potato pancakes but never added the raw potato, baking powder and flour. Excited to try it :) Your presentation is lovely. So nice stopping by to visit!

    Kindly, Lorraine

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  5. I remember my grandmother making boxty. Who doesn't love fried potatoes. They made my Irish great grandmother happy and my grandfather insisted they were German. Everybody way happy. We used to eat them with sauerbraten and gravy. Wow, does the thought of that make me hungry. Happy St. Patrick's Day, Barbara.

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  6. I have never heard of Irish Boxty! Going to have to try this recipe..thanks so much for sharing and have a Happy St. Patrick's Day!
    Miss Bloomers

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  7. these look delicious and lovely!

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  8. These sound delicious and I like how you've mixed the two kinds of potatoes, one mashed and one raw. Happy St. Patty's Day Barbara.
    Sam

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  9. Hi Barbara!
    I adore boxty! My sister's Father-in-Law use to make us Boxty every St. Patrick's Day. In return, I made him breaded Cauliflower, lol...Thanks for sharing, Barbara. Happy St. Patrick's Day!

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  10. Thanks for that delicious Boxty! Do you know the poem?
    So glad to have you join the blog crawl~

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  11. I love the idea of mixing raw and mashed potatoes:@)

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  12. Dear Barbara, Loooks wonderful for St. Patty's Day. Blessings dear. Catherine xo

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  13. Looving this potato patties! They would go great with some bear...:) ela

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  14. Such a fun name for potato patties! They look so delicious!

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  15. Dang Le Regime! These boxty have my name all over them--I love anything heavy on the carbs!

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  16. They look so crunchy and delicious and I really like the side of apple sauce with them.

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  17. i don't think i've come across boxty before--looks great! i've always had a secret desire to be irish. :)

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  18. They look like something that belongs on my St. Paddie's Day menu...

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  19. Oh that sounds wonderful. I've never been able to reproduce the potato cakes of my childhood, but one grandfather was first generation American... I wonder if his older sister taught my mother to make Boxty?

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  20. How fun --- I love learning about classic Irish dishes, I've never heard of this one!

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  21. Did not know about boxty Barbara. What a great dish. Love potato patties.

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  22. First time I heard of the term boxty...it sure looks delicious...especially with the apple sauce...yum!
    Have a wonderful week ahead Barbara :D

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