This Irish mashed potato recipe is a filling and fun way to eat your greens.
What Is Colcannon?
Have you ever had colcannon?
Simply Recipes / Elise Bauer
I first encountered colcannon potatoes while doing research on traditional Irish cooking.
To eat it, you dip a forkful of the potatoes in the melted butter.
If ever there was a recipe to get one to eat one’s greens, this is it!
Simply Recipes / Elise Bauer
The first isIrish Traditional Cookingby Darina Allen, of the Ballymaloe Cookery School in County Cork.
Colcannon
For a variation, sub out half of the potatoes with parsnips.
Can add chives, leeks, or bacon too.
Add 2 tablespoons of salt, and bring to a boil.
Boil until the potatoes are fork tender, 15 to 20 minutes.
Drain in a colander.
Return the pot to the stove and set over medium-high heat.
Melt the butter in the pot and once it’s hot, add the greens.
Add the green onions and cook 1 minute more.
Pour in the milk or cream, mix well, and add the potatoes.
Reduce the heat to medium.
Use a fork or potato masher and mash the potatoes, mixing them up with the greens.
Add salt to taste and serve hot, with a knob of butter in the center.
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