Boxty

Name: Boxty
Yield: Serves 4—6
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: butter, for frying; 200-300 ml buttermilk (or ordinary milk); good pinch of salt; ½ teaspoon bicarbonate of soda; 150 g peeled raw potatoes; 200 g plain flour; 250 g cooked potatoes in their skins, peeled and mashed

Preparation info

Serves
4—6

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

British Regional Food

By Mark Hix

Published 2006

About

There are two main types of boxty: in the pan, which are fluffy thickish pan-fried cakes, or cooked on the griddle, sometimes called boxty pancakes. Both can be served in many ways as a breakfast dish. Here I served it with rashers of bacon and then drizzled it with honey.

Ingredients

150 g peeled raw potatoes
250 g cooked potatoes in their skins, peeled and mashed
200

Europe
United Kingdom
Ireland
Breakfast
Vegetarian

Method

Grate the raw potatoes and mix with the mashed potatoes, flour and bicarbonate of soda, then add enough buttermilk to make a thick batter. Season with salt.

Heat a griddle or frying pan and grease it well with the butter. Drop in a quarter of the mix to make large pancakes or smaller amounts for small ones. Cook for 5 minutes on each side until golden.