Best Irish Potato Cakes Recipes

IRISH POTATO CAKES

Steps:

• Combine 2 cups leftover mashed potatoes, a heaping 1/3 cup flour, 2 tablespoons milk and 1 tablespoon chopped mixed herbs in a bowl; knead until smooth. Season with salt and pepper. Divide into 4 balls on a floured surface and flatten each into a 3-inch patty. Melt 1 1/2 tablespoons butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat; add the patties and cook until golden brown, 4 to 5 minutes per side, adding more butter to the pan as needed. Season with salt.

IRISH BOXTY (CRISPY FRIED POTATO CAKES)

Steps:

• 1. Set half of the potatoes aside for later. Peel and cut remaining potatoes into large chunks; place in a saucepan. Cover with cold water and bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce heat to low and cook 15-20 minutes, or until tender.
• 2. Drain and place in a large bowl. Mash potatoes and set the bowl aside.
• 3. Now peel and grate reserved potatoes. Stir them into the mashed potatoes.
• 4. Add onion, flour, salt, and pepper; mix well. Stir in milk and egg to form a batter.
• 5. In a large skillet, heat oil over medium heat. Drop batter from a tablespoon into the hot oil.
• 6. Cook 3-4 minutes on each side.
• 7. Drain on a paper towel.
• 8. Transfer to your serving dish and serve with applesauce and sour cream. Bet you can't eat just one!

BOXTY (IRISH POTATO GRIDDLE CAKES)

Steps:

• Grate raw potatoes and mix with the cooked mashed potatoes.
• Add salt, pepper and flour.
• Beat egg and add to mixture with just enough milk to make a batter that will drop from a spoon.
• Drop by tablespoonfuls onto a hot griddle or frying pan.
• Cook over a moderate heat for 3-4 minutes on each side.

IRISH BOXTY (CRISPY FRIED POTATO CAKES) RECIPE - (4.6/5)

Steps:

• Set half of the potatoes aside for later. Peel and cut remaining potatoes into large chunks; place in a saucepan. Cover with cold water and bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce heat to low and cook 15 to 20 minutes, or until tender. Drain and place in a large bowl. Mash potatoes and set bowl aside. Now peel and grate reserved potatoes and stir them into the mashed potatoes. Add onion, flour, salt and pepper; mix well. Stir in milk and egg to form a batter. In a large skillet, heat oil over medium heat. Drop batter from a tablespoon into the hot oil, and cook 3 to 4 minutes on each side; drain on a paper towel. Transfer to your serving dish and serve with applesauce and sour cream. Bet you can't eat just one!

IRISH FADGE (POTATO CAKES)

Steps:

• Mash the potatoes (make sure there are no lumps).
• Sprinkle with salt and drizzle with the butter.
• Knead in enough flour to make a pliable dough (usually 3/4 cup is enough).
• Roll out to about 1/2" thick and cut into round patties about 4"across.
• Heat a non stick skillet and brown on each side 3-4 minutes or until golden brown.
• Serve with butter (you can sprinkle them with sugar if you are serving them as a treat).
• NB: These are very tasty fried in bacon grease and served with breakfast.

~ IRISH POTATO CAKES / SAVORY & CRISPY ~ CASSIES

Steps:

• 1. If you have an iron skillet, use it for these cakes. Browns nicely. If not any skillet will do. Fry your bacon until crisp and drain. Save the drippings and add some extra if you have it. You just want enough drippings in the pan, that the potatoes won't absorb too much before nicely browned.
• 2. Mash potatoes ( cool ) and fold in the flour, salt, pepper, bacon, parsley and onion.
• 3. Get skillet good and hot, but not smoking. Make 4 - 6 patties with the potato mixture and place in hot grease. Re salt and pepper. Fry for 4 - 5 minutes on the first side, can carefully lift around the edge to see if browned enough. Carefully flip to the other side and cook until golden crispy. Drain on paper towels.
• 4. Serve with sour cream if desired. These cakes are so good! Enjoy them with breakfast, dinner or just a snack.

BOXTY (IRISH POTATO CAKES)

Steps:

• 1. Place the grated raw potatoes in a clean cloth and twist to remove excess moisture.
• 2. Whisk together flour, salt, and baking powder. Combine flour mixture into raw potatoes, mashed potatoes, and eggs. Add any optional herb(s) that you wish to include. Add enough milk to make a thick batter.
• 3. Heat a heavy skillet over medium heat and add butter or oil to form a thin film over the bottom of the pan. When oil is hot, drop potato batter by the heaping tablespoon (about 2-1/2 to 3 inches in diameter) into the hot pan, and slightly flatten each round.
• 4. Do this in batches, drain on paper towels, and keep warm. (You may need to add more oil between batches.) Brown both sides of the potato pancake (about 4 minutes per side). Butter each boxty and serve hot with or without powdered sugar dusted on top.
• 5. Tips: Be sure potatoes are finely grated. If they're grated too thick, they won't cook through. Watch the heat level. They need to cook slowly enough that the inside will be fully cooked by the time the outside is browned. If it cooks too fast, the outside might be browned but the center might be "doughy". If you don't have leftover mashed potatoes, you can substitute instant mashed potatoes.

IRISH POTATO & BACON CAKES

Steps:

• Drain your bacon on paper towels.
• Mix the bacon with the mashed potatoes, flour, salt& pepper.
• Form into 4 patties.
• Heat the dripping (butter) (or oil) in a skillet and over medium heat fry the cakes about 5 minutes on each side or until golden, Serve.

IRISH POTATO SALMON CAKES WITH HORSERADISH SAUCE

Steps:

• In small pan, cook bacon until lightly browned but not crisp, approx 3 minute
• Coarsely grate potatoes into large bowl.
• Add the bacon, cheese, oats, salmon, horseradish, and salt & pepper.
• Add egg and stir to bind together.
• Form into 8 small potato cakes and dust with flour.
• The recipe does not call for them to be pan fried, however my sister did.
• About 5-10 min each side, then served with sauce.

FADGE (IRISH POTATO CAKES)

Steps:

• Boil and drain the potatoes and mash them with a generous knob of butter and a cup of milk. Allow to cool (ideally store them overnight in the fridge).
• Place two large spoonfuls of flour on a plate, season with salt and pepper. Roll out mash potato on a cutting board and form them into patties about two and a half inches across and one inch deep. Dip them into the seasoned flour and then place them in a heated non-stick skillet (use the bacon fat or olive oil).
• Fry for three to four minutes under a medium heat on both sides, until golden. Meanwhile chop and fry the spring onions in four tablespoons of olive oil in a separate skillet. Serve the onions and oil over the potato cakes.