Colcannon

Name: Colcannon
Ingredients: 1 12 potatoes, peeled and boiled; 8 spring onions, trimmed and sliced; 14 cup hot milk; 2 ounces butter or 2 ounces margarine; 12 ounces outer cabbage leaves, shreddded and cooked; salt & freshly ground black pepper

6 ingredients

9 steps

Ingredients

1 12 potatoes, peeled and boiled
8 spring onions, trimmed and sliced
14 cup hot milk
2 ounces butter or 2 ounces margarine
12 ounces outer cabbage leaves, shreddded and cooked
salt & freshly ground black pepper

Directions

1

Drain the potatoes and dry them over the stove.
2

Set aside.
3

Pour boiling water over spring onions in a small bowl to soften them (I used a quarter cup of boiling water).
4

Drain and heat them gently witht he milk for 5-6 minutes.
5

Mash the potatoes and add the milk mixture.
6

Melt the butter or margerine in a pan and toss the shredded cabbage in it.
7

Fold into the potato.
8

Season generously.
9

You can either serve it as is (like I did), or fry it in butter, oil or dripping like a thick pancake until the outside is crusty, crisp and brown.