Boxty
Boxty, from above
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Boxty

Irish potato pancakes of grated and mashed potato, crisp edges, soft centres.

30 minTime
7 gProtein each
mildSpice
Boxty on the griddle1 chapter · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayGrated and mashed potato pancakes.
The original
279kcalsame
7 gproteinsame
4 gfibresame
30minutessame

Boxty.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

4 servings
Potato250 g raw grated plus 250 g mashed
Maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour)1 cup
Baking powder1 tsp
Buttermilk⅔ cup
Salt1 tsp
Butter2 tbsp, for frying

Method

3 steps
  1. 1Squeeze grated potato very dry in a towel.
  2. 2Mix grated potato, mash, flour, baking powder, salt and buttermilk into a thick batter.
  3. 3Fry spoonfuls in butter 3 to 4 minutes a side.
Serve it like this

Stack on a warm plate with butter, a fried egg and bacon, or sour cream and chives.

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Bread or rice Egg fried rice20 min
With a main Peameal bacon sandwich20 min
On the side Colcannon35 min
On the side Champ35 min
A little snack Medu vada40 min
To drink South Indian filter coffee20 min
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