Boxty
(Irish Potato Griddle Cakes)

8 Servings (Halve this recipe for smaller families)

Ingredients:

• 1/2 lb raw potato,
• 1/2 lb potato,mashed,
• 1/2 cup all-purpose flour,
• 1 Milk,
• 1 Egg,
• Salt and pepper to taste

 

Directions;
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.)