Professor's Collegiate Colcannon

From "Mary Ann's Gilligan's Island Cookbook". Recipe from Connie and Russell Johnson, AKA Professor Roy Hinkley AKA "The Professor". Posted for ZWT8 - Ireland.

• Ready In: 55 mins
• Yields: 8-10

Ingredients

• 5 -6  cups  freshly mashed potatoes
•  butter
•  milk
•  salt and pepper, to taste
• 1⁄2 cup  chopped green onion (tops included)
• 6  cups  roughly chopped green cabbage
• 1  teaspoon caraway seed (optional)
• 2  cups  leftover ham, diced (or 1 pound bacon, cooked and crumbled)
•  butter
•  paprika

Directions

1. In a large bowl combine the mashed potatoes, butter, milk, salt and pepper to taste, and green onion.
2. In a steamer, steam the cabbage and caraway seeds until tender.
3. Add the cabbage to the potato mixture.
4. Add the ham.
5. Turn the mixture into a shallow baking dish.
6. Bake at 400 deg F for 20 to 25 minutes or until the top browns lightly.
7. Top with bits of butter and sprinkle paprika on top.
8. Makes approximately 8 to 10 servings.