Irish potato boxty

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Scrub 350 g potatoes, cut into small skin-on cubes and cover with water in a small pan, bring to the boil and cook for 15 minutes at 95 °C until a knife slides through the centre. Drain and mash them with their well-scrubbed skins.

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15 min

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Ingredients

  • 350 gPotatoes, russet, flesh and skin, raw (Includes foods for USDA's Food Distribution Program)
  • 350 gPotatoes, russet, flesh and skin, raw (Includes foods for USDA's Food Distribution Program)
  • 120 gWheat flour, white, all-purpose, unenriched
  • 180 gMilk, whole, 3.25% milkfat, with added vitamin D
  • 100 gEgg, whole, raw, fresh
  • 25 gButter, salted
  • 6 gLeavening agents, baking powder, double-acting, sodium aluminum sulfate
  • 5 gSalt, table
  • 800 gBeverages, water, tap, drinking not counted – removed

Method

  1. Scrub 350 g potatoes, cut into small skin-on cubes and cover with water in a small pan, bring to the boil and cook for 15 minutes at 95 °C until a knife slides through the centre. Drain and mash them with their well-scrubbed skins.
  2. Finely grate the remaining potatoes into a cloth and squeeze firmly. Stir the raw potato into the mash with flour, milk, egg, baking powder and salt; leave the batter for 3 minutes.
  3. Use a total of 50 g butter for frying all pancakes. Heat the butter in a non-stick pan to 175 °C. Use about 120 g batter for each pancake, spread it to a 7 mm round and fry for 3 minutes per side until the edges are crisp and the centre springs back.