Colcannon

Title:
Colcannon

Yield:
4 Servings

Categories:
Irish,
Vegetables




Ingredients:





     1 lb Curly kale or cabbage,


          -cooked


     1 lb Potatoes, cooked


     1    Onion, chopped


     1 oz Dripping per lb. vegetables


          Salt and pepper


          Milk if necessary


     1    Ring, wrapped in greaseproof


          -paper






 Mash the potatoes or pass them through a food mill. Chop the cabbage or


 kale and add it to the potatoes. Mix well. Peel and chop the onion. Melt a


 little of the dripping in a large, heavy frying pan and cook the onion in


 it.  Remove and mix with the potato and cabbage. Season to taste, and stir


 in a little milk if the mixture is too stiff. Add the rest of the dripping


 to the hot pan and, when very hot, turn the potato and cabbage mixture into


 the pan and spread it out. Fry until brown, then cut it roughly and


 continue frying until there are lots of crisp brown pieces. Just before


 serving, slip in the wrapped ring ~- the trick, as you can see from the


 rhyme, is to make sure the ring doesn't turn up too soon -- then the


 children will eat it all willingly!


 


 (from GOOD FOOD FROM IRELAND, Georgina Campbell)


 


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