Boxty (Potato Griddle Cakes) is a traditional Northern Irish recipe for a classic griddle cake made from a mix of raw potatoes, mashed potatoes and flour bound with egg. The full recipe is presented here and I hope you enjoy this classic Northern Irish version of: Potato Griddle Cakes (Boxty).
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Ingredients:
225g raw potatoes
225g cooked potatoes, mashed
225g plain flour
milk
1 Egg
salt and freshly-ground black pepper, to taste
Method:
Grate the raw potatoes then mix in thoroughly with the mashed potatoes. Stir in the flour then season to taste. Beat the egg and add to the mixture along with just enough milk to give you a bater with a dropping consistency (ie just drops from a spoon).
Heat a griddle or frying pan with a little butter then drop the batter by the tablespoon onto this. Cook over a moderate heat for about 3 minutes per side. Tranditionally this is served as a snack with trat apple sauce. It is also a critical ingredient of an Ulster fry
The Boxty was so much a part of Northern Irish culinary tradition that an old poem states:
Boxty on the griddle, boxty in the pan,
if you can't make boxty,
you'll never get a man.
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