Irish Potato Cakes
Aug 9th 2010, 10:06 am
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Aug 9th 2010, 10:10 am
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Re: Irish Potato Cakes
Exactly the same recipe my mother and aunt used and they were German born and raised.
Loved to do this with leftover mashed pot after thanksgiving. Add chopped scallions or carmalized onions and you have a treat.
Or we made potato pancakes from stratch. Altogether different as with the pancake the potato is not cooked first but mixed with egg, onion, flour, salt, pepper and then fried in oil until crispy brown.
Loved to do this with leftover mashed pot after thanksgiving. Add chopped scallions or carmalized onions and you have a treat.
Or we made potato pancakes from stratch. Altogether different as with the pancake the potato is not cooked first but mixed with egg, onion, flour, salt, pepper and then fried in oil until crispy brown.
We may need to make extra mashed taters or rice the next time!
Aug 18th 2010, 4:29 am
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Re: Irish Potato Cakes
I'm looking for the British version of the potato cake, just as my MIL makes them. She uses mashed potato with butter and cream and kneads in flour to make a dough. She rolls them out thin and grills them until brown on both sides. I'm getting closer to recreating them, but this morning I made them and obviously they needed more flour because they were doughy on the inside, even though the recipe was fairly exact.
Good luck on your quest!
Good luck on your quest!
Aug 18th 2010, 6:16 am
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Re: Irish Potato Cakes
Hmmm Sally's pic looks much more like what we eat at home - where they are called potatoe farls. You grill or fry them.
This sounds pretty close:
Potato Farl
Also known as potato cake or potato bread, this is very much a northern dish. It is an important - indeed essential - constituent of the Ulster Fry, alongside bacon, egg, sausage and perhaps fried soda farl.
The recipe calls for cooked, mashed potatoes. These should be freshly boiled, or, better still, steamed and passed through a food mill, and used warm.
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2 lb/ 1 kg/ 2 cups mashed potatoes
4 oz/ 125 g/ 1 cup plain flour
2 tbsp butter
salt
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Melt the butter and mix into the potatoes with the salt. Work in the flour quickly but thoroughly and knead lightly. Divide in two and roll out each half on a floured board to form a circle about the size of a large dinner plate. Cut in quarters (farls) and cook for about 3 minutes on each side in a heavy frying pan in a little bacon fat.
From the Appletree Press title: A Little Irish Cookbook.
This sounds pretty close:
Potato Farl
Also known as potato cake or potato bread, this is very much a northern dish. It is an important - indeed essential - constituent of the Ulster Fry, alongside bacon, egg, sausage and perhaps fried soda farl.
The recipe calls for cooked, mashed potatoes. These should be freshly boiled, or, better still, steamed and passed through a food mill, and used warm.
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2 lb/ 1 kg/ 2 cups mashed potatoes
4 oz/ 125 g/ 1 cup plain flour
2 tbsp butter
salt
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Melt the butter and mix into the potatoes with the salt. Work in the flour quickly but thoroughly and knead lightly. Divide in two and roll out each half on a floured board to form a circle about the size of a large dinner plate. Cut in quarters (farls) and cook for about 3 minutes on each side in a heavy frying pan in a little bacon fat.
From the Appletree Press title: A Little Irish Cookbook.
Aug 18th 2010, 6:18 am
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Re: Irish Potato Cakes
Ohhh and meant to add, when we had parties at home, you know at the stage where you get the munchies for something tasty, kebab, curry chip or something. Well at home I'd fry up the potato farl and cut in to small squares, fry some cocktail sausages and small button mushrooms. Make little mini fry skewers with a bit of each and provide tomato ketchup and brown sauce for dipping. They were always a huge hit lol!
Aug 18th 2010, 6:38 am
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Re: Irish Potato Cakes
Ohhh and meant to add, when we had parties at home, you know at the stage where you get the munchies for something tasty, kebab, curry chip or something. Well at home I'd fry up the potato farl and cut in to small squares, fry some cocktail sausages and small button mushrooms. Make little mini fry skewers with a bit of each and provide tomato ketchup and brown sauce for dipping. They were always a huge hit lol!
Aug 18th 2010, 11:39 am
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Re: Irish Potato Cakes
Ehhh quite a few lol, but they also ate any leftover the next morning.
Aug 18th 2010, 12:08 pm
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Re: Irish Potato Cakes
Hmmm Sally's pic looks much more like what we eat at home - where they are called potatoe farls. You grill or fry them.
This sounds pretty close:
Potato Farl
Also known as potato cake or potato bread, this is very much a northern dish. It is an important - indeed essential - constituent of the Ulster Fry, alongside bacon, egg, sausage and perhaps fried soda farl.
The recipe calls for cooked, mashed potatoes. These should be freshly boiled, or, better still, steamed and passed through a food mill, and used warm.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2 lb/ 1 kg/ 2 cups mashed potatoes
4 oz/ 125 g/ 1 cup plain flour
2 tbsp butter
salt
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Melt the butter and mix into the potatoes with the salt. Work in the flour quickly but thoroughly and knead lightly. Divide in two and roll out each half on a floured board to form a circle about the size of a large dinner plate. Cut in quarters (farls) and cook for about 3 minutes on each side in a heavy frying pan in a little bacon fat.
From the Appletree Press title: A Little Irish Cookbook.
This sounds pretty close:
Potato Farl
Also known as potato cake or potato bread, this is very much a northern dish. It is an important - indeed essential - constituent of the Ulster Fry, alongside bacon, egg, sausage and perhaps fried soda farl.
The recipe calls for cooked, mashed potatoes. These should be freshly boiled, or, better still, steamed and passed through a food mill, and used warm.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2 lb/ 1 kg/ 2 cups mashed potatoes
4 oz/ 125 g/ 1 cup plain flour
2 tbsp butter
salt
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Melt the butter and mix into the potatoes with the salt. Work in the flour quickly but thoroughly and knead lightly. Divide in two and roll out each half on a floured board to form a circle about the size of a large dinner plate. Cut in quarters (farls) and cook for about 3 minutes on each side in a heavy frying pan in a little bacon fat.
From the Appletree Press title: A Little Irish Cookbook.
Aug 20th 2010, 12:14 pm
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Re: Irish Potato Cakes
Gutted! 
