Irish Mashed Potatoes aka Colcannon
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Colcannon potatoes are an easy and tasty Irish dish generally made with russet potatoes, green cabbage, leeks and served with lots of butter.
Since colcannon is typically enjoyed as a side dish try serving this recipe with corned beef and cabbage. It’s a great way to use up all the cabbage at one time. Use some cabbage for the potatoes and boil the rest as another side. Irish mashed potatoes make for a great addition to a Saint Patrick’s Day meal or any meal for that matter.
Irish Mashed Potatoes Recipe (Colcannon)
Colcannon potatoes are very easy to make and full of flavor. This recipe will serve up to at least six people.
Ingredients
- 2 pounds russet potatoes peeled and sliced
- cold water for boiling potatoes (making sure to cover with water at least one-inch over the potatoes)
- 1 Tablespoon salt (use 1/2 Tablespoon to boil potatoes and 1/2 Tablespoon when mashing potaotes)
- 1 leek sliced and rinsed well (use the white and light green parts)
- 1 1/2 cups whole milk
- 8 Tablespoons butter divided
- 10 large leaves of green cabbage sliced and cut into squares
Instructions
Prepare Cabbage and Leeks
Place milk into a medium saucepan. Add sliced cabbage and leeks to milk and sauté over medium heat stirring occasionally until ingredients are soft. Do this while the preparing the potatoes.
Prepare Potatoes
Place potatoes into a large pot with salt and add water. Bring pot to a boil and cook until potatoes are fork tender. Drain water from potatoes. Do this by placing a colander in the sink and carefully pour hot water and potatoes into the colander. Pour drained potatoes back into the large pot. Mash potatoes with a wooden potato masher a few times. I say wooden potato masher because that’s what I normally use but mash’em however you do but don’t whip them.
Combine Ingredients
Next, add the sauteed cabbage and leek mixture along with the milk to the mashed potatoes and stir to combine. Place potatoes into a serving bowl. Make a divot in the center of the potatoes and place butter or Irish butter in the divot and allow butter to melt. Serve and enjoy!
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Irish Mashed Potatoes aka Colcannon
Colcannon potatoes are an easy and tasty Irish dish generally made with russet potatoes, green cabbage, leeks and served with lots of butter.
Ingredients
- 2 pounds russet potatoes peeled and sliced
- cold water for boiling potatoes (making sure to cover with water at least on-inch over the potatoes)
- 1 Tablespoon salt (use 1/2 Tablespoon to boil potatoes and 1/2 Tablespoon when mashing potatoes)
- 1 leek sliced and rinsed well (use the white and light green parts)
- 1 1/2 cups whole milk
- 8 Tablespoons butter divided
- 10 large leaves of green cabbage sliced and cut into squares
Instructions
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Prepare cabbage and leeks
Place milk into a medium saucepan. Add sliced cabbage and leeks to milk and sauté over medium heat stirring occasionally until ingredients are soft. Do this while the preparing the potatoes.
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Prepare Potatoes
Place potatoes into a large pot with salt and add water. Bring pot to a boil and cook until potatoes are fork tender. Drain water from potatoes. Do this by placing a colander in the sink and carefully pour hot water and potatoes into the colander. Pour drained potatoes back into the large pot. Mash potatoes with a wooden potato masher a few times. I say wooden potato masher because that’s what I normally use but mash’em however you do but don’t whip them.
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Combine Ingredients
Next, add the sauteed cabbage and leek mixture along with the milk to the mashed potatoes and stir to combine. Place potatoes into a serving bowl. Make a divot in the center of the potatoes and place butter or Irish butter in the divot and allow butter to melt. Serve and enjoy!
