Colcannon – St. Patrick’s Day
Title: Colcannon
Cook time: 40 minutes
Level: Easy
Serving: 6
Hello Friends, this next recipe “Colcannon” is a traditional dish from Irish, made from mashed potatoes, kale or cabbage. Traditionally is served at Halloween day with small coins wrapped up in silver foil hidden in the mash. I hope you like this recipe. Enjoy this holiday dish with your family.
Ingredients:
1lb 6oz/ 675g potatoes, peeled and quartered
4 oz/100g curly Kale, chopped
1/2 cup spring onions, roughly chopped
1/4 cup spring onions, finely choppes
1 stick/100g butter
salt and pepper to taste
Directions:
Simmer the potatoes in lightly salted water and cook 15 minutes.
Blanch the curly kale in boiling water for one minute. Drain and set apart.
Chop half of the spring onions roughly and the other half finely.
Add the roughly chopped onions to the drained kale and pulse in a blender for 5 seconds.
Drain the potatoes and add the butter.
When the butter has melted, mash the potatoes until smooth.
Add the kale mixture and combine.
To finish, put in the finely chopped onions, add salt and pepper to taste.
Personal Suggestion: This is an easy and simple Irish dish, if you don’t have kale, you can use too Cabbage. Cook this dish and enjoy this great accompaniment for your St. Patrick’s Day dinner.
