Title: Boxty (Potato Griddle Cakes) (Irish)
Categories: Irish Vegetable
Yield: 8 Servings
| 1/2 | lb | Raw potato |
| 1/2 | lb | Mashed potato |
| 1/2 | lb | Plain flour |
| | | Milk |
| 1 | | Egg |
| | | 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 says: . 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.)