My Colcannon Recipes

COLCANNON (IRISH POTATO) RECIPE

Steps:

• Place potatoes in a medium sauce pan and cover by 1" with water. Bring to a boil and boil for 15 minutes until tender. Drain, add 3 tbsp butter and milk and return potatoes to pot and mashed until desired consistency is reached.
• Meanwhile, add 1 tbsp of butter to a skillet and add cabbage and white parts of the green onion and sauté until cabbage is just starting to soften.
• Mix cabbage and potato together. Top with remaining butter and green onion.

COLCANNON RECIPE

Steps:

• Place the potato chunks into a large pot. Add cold water until the potatoes are covered with an inch of water. Add 1 - 2 Tablespoons of salt to the water (depending on taste preference).
• Bring to a boil, and boil until the potatoes are fork tender (roughly 15 to 20 minutes). Drain the potatoes in a colander.
• Return the pot to the stove over medium heat, and melt the butter. Add the kale and saute until tender and wilted (about 3 to 4 minutes). Add the green onions and saute for an additional minute. Pour in the half and half, and stir to combine. Turn the heat off.
• Add the potatoes, and use a potato masher to mash. Stir to mix the mashed potatoes with the greens.
• Taste and adjust salt to your preference. Serve hot with a dab of butter.

COLCANNON

Steps:

• Begin by boiling the potatoes in salted water (1/4 tablespoon) until fork tender. Drain in a colander.
• Saute the sliced cabbage in the olive oil on medium heat with the thyme. Cover and cook until soft, stirring occasionally.
• In a small saucepan, warm the broth. Return the cooked potatoes to the pot they were boiled in and mash. When the cabbage is cooked, fold into the potatoes. Add the Organic Chicken Broth, 1/2 cup at a time, using only what's needed to make them creamy. Add salt and pepper to taste.
• Put all the ingredients into a large soup pot and fill the entire pot with cold water, covering the chicken and vegetables as much as possible. Stir. Bring to a boil, and then reduce to a simmer. Cook uncovered for a couple of hours to extract the vegetable flavors. Strain over another soup pot or large bowl, separating the scraps from the broth. Divide among containers and freeze.

COLCANNON RECIPE

Steps:

• Cook potatoes in boiling water in large saucepan 20 min. or until tender.
• Meanwhile, cook and stir bacon in large skillet on medium heat until crisp. Remove bacon from skillet with slotted spoon; drain on paper towels. Add onions to reserved drippings; cook and stir 2 min. or until crisp-tender. Add water; stir to release browned bits from bottom of skillet. Add cabbage; mix well. Cover; cook 7 min. or until cabbage is tender and water is cooked off, stirring occasionally.
• Drain potatoes; return to pan. Add butter. Mash potatoes until creamy, gradually adding milk. Add cabbage mixture and bacon; mix well.

COLCANNON

Steps:

• Trim the cabbage, discarding tough outer leaves and the hard core. Cut it into quarters and steam the quarters until barely tender. Chop them fine and set aside.
• Meanwhile, steam or boil the potatoes until they are tender. Mash them and season them with salt and pepper to taste. Mix in the cabbage.
• In a large nonstick skillet, soften the onion in two tablespoons of the butter. Mix it with the cabbage and potatoes. Return the mixture to the pan and fry until it is browned on the bottom. Put a plate over the pan and invert to turn the mixture onto it like a pancake. Heat the remaining tablespoon of butter in the pan. Brown the potatoes and cover the cabbage mixture on the other side.