Celtic Cookery Colcannon

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 lbs potatoes
• 3/4 lb cabbage
• 8 spring onions
• 1/4 pint milk
• 4 ounces butter
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper

Recipe

• 1 peel the potatoes and cook till tender.
• 2 finely chop the cabbage and cook in a little boiling water till tender.
• 3 chop the spring onions, the green and the both, and boil them gently in the milk.
• 4 drain the poatoes, then mash them, seasoning well, using plenty of pepper (start with 1/2 teaspoon).
• 5 add some salt.
• 6 beat the onions into the potato until they are soft and fluffy.
• 7 melt 2 oz of butter and toss the cabbage in it.
• 8 blend this into the potato mixture until all is a pale green fluff.
• 9 dish it up as it is, or it can be fried on both sides in butter or bacon fat until crisp and brown.
• 10 delicious served with bacon.