Potato Boxty 

Boxty is a traditional potato dish. It is a good way of using up leftover mashed potato.

Serves: 4, Preparation time: 20 mins, Cooking time: 10 mins.

Ingredients
250g/8oz raw potato ( Kerr’s Pink or Roosters
250g/8oz mashed potato )
250g/8oz plain flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
125ml/1/4 pt milk
50g/2oz low fat butter

Method

  • Grate the raw potatoes into a bowl. Turn out onto a cloth and wring dry.
  • Mix with the mashed potatoes, then sieve the dry ingredients in and mix in with the melted butter.
  • Add a little milk to make a pliable dough.
  • Knead lightly on a floured surface. Divide into 4 and form large flat cakes.
  • Mark each into quarters but do not cut right through, and bake on a lightly greased griddle or in a heavy pan for
    10-15 mins.

 



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