Colcannon with Prawns

Name: Colcannon with Prawns
Yield: Serves 4 to 6 as a starter
Ingredients: 200-300 g (7-10 oz) peeled prawns; handful of rocket or watercress, chopped; 150 g (5 oz) butter; 1 teaspoon lemon juice; freshly ground black pepper; 150 mls (¼ pint) milk; 500 g (1 lb) leeks, trimmed, and sliced rinsed, or 2 bunches of spring onions, prepared in the same way; handful of rocket or watercress, chopped; 250 g (½ lb) shredded cabbage; 500 g (1 lb) leeks, trimmed, and sliced rinsed, or 2 bunches of spring onions, prepared in the same way; 500 g (1 lb) potatoes, peeled and diced

Preparation info

Serves
4 to 6
as a starter

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Modern Classics

By Frances Bissell

Published 2000

About

Ingredients

500 g (1 lb) potatoes, peeled and diced
500 g (1

Main course
Gluten-free

Method

Boil the potatoes in water until soft, and then drain.

Simmer the leeks or spring onions in the milk. Strain the milk into the potatoes and mash them, and then stir in the leeks.

Cook the cabbage in a little boiling salted water until just done, adding the rocket or watercress for the last minute or two. Drain and beat into the potato and leek mixture, with a little butter, if y