Boxty
- Ready In:
- 35mins
- Ingredients:
- 7
- Serves:
-
4-6
ingredients
- 1 cup raw potato
- 1 cup mashed potatoes
- 2 cups plain flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 4 tablespoons butter, melted
- 1⁄2 cup milk
directions
- Grate the raw potatoes into a bowl.
- Turn out onto a cloth and wring, catching the liquid.
- This will separate into a clear fluid with starch at the bottom.
- Pour off the fluid and scrape out the starch and mix with the grated and mashed potatoes.
- Sieve the dry ingredients and mix in along with the melted butter.
- Add a little milk if necessary to make a pliable dough.
- Knead lightly on a floured surface.
- Divide into four and form large, flat cakes.
- Mark each into quarters but do not cut right through, and bake on a griddle or in a heavy pan.
- If liked, more milk and an egg can be added to make a batter which can be fried in bacon fat like drop scones.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Miss Erin C.
Minneapolis, Missouri
Mom to 4 boys, city dweller, eater, craft beer enthusiast, original Recipezaar member.