Best 17 Boxty Recipes

BOXTY (IRISH POTATO PANCAKES)

Steps:

• Prepare the pickled red onions: Slice the red onion thinly from stem to stem, then transfer slices to a small heatproof bowl. In a small saucepan, combine the vinegar, sugar, salt and 1/2 cup water. Bring to a simmer over medium, stirring occasionally, until sugar and salt dissolve, then pour on top of onions; set aside.
• Prepare the boxty: Fill a medium saucepan halfway with water; season generously with salt and bring to a boil over high heat.
• Peel half the potatoes, then cut them into 1-inch cubes, tossing the cubes into the water as you go. Once the water comes to a boil, continue to cook until potatoes are soft, 10 to 15 minutes.
• While the diced potatoes boil, peel the remaining potatoes, then grate them coarsely using a box grater. Season the grated potatoes generously with 2 teaspoons sea salt and 1 teaspoon pepper, toss to coat, then transfer them to a clean, dry kitchen towel. Squeeze the grated potatoes over a sink to remove the excess liquid, then transfer them to a large bowl.
• Once the diced potatoes are soft, transfer them to a colander to strain, then transfer to the large bowl with the grated potatoes; mash until creamy, and mashed and grated potatoes are well combined.
• Pour the buttermilk on top of the warm potato mixture and stir briefly just to combine.
• Add the flour and baking powder and stir until thoroughly combined.
• In a large cast-iron or nonstick skillet, heat 2 tablespoons butter over medium heat. Working in batches, spoon in the potato mixture using 1/3 cup measure to form small 3- to 4-inch-wide pancakes, leaving at least 1 inch of space between pancakes. Cook until nicely browned on both sides, 4 to 5 minutes per side. Repeat with remaining pancakes, adding more butter between batches as needed.
• Serve pancakes topped with pickled red onions, and smoked salmon and sour cream, if you like.

IRISH BOXTY POTATOES

Steps:

• Make the mashed potatoes: Bring a saucepan of water fitted with a steamer insert to a boil over medium-high heat. Peel and cut potatoes into 1-inch pieces; add to steamer insert. Cover and cook until fork-tender.
• Heat milk and butter in a small saucepan over medium-high heat. Transfer potatoes to a large bowl; mash potatoes using a potato masher. Slowly add milk mixture and stir to incorporate with a wooden spoon until smooth; season with salt and pepper.
• Make the boxty potatoes: Transfer 1 1/2 cups mashed potatoes to a large bowl; reserve extra mashed potatoes for another use. Add grated potato to bowl with mashed potatoes. Whisk together egg and egg yolk; add to bowl with potatoes along with milk and scallions and stir to combine. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, salt, baking powder, and pepper; add to bowl with potatoes and stir to combine.
• Melt 2 tablespoons butter in a large heavy-bottomed skillet over medium heat. Working in batches, adding butter as necessary, add 2 tablespoons batter to skillet and gently spread to form a 2-to-3-inch round; cook, turning, once, until browned on both sides, about 4 minutes per side. Serve immediately with butter.

BOXTY PANCAKES

Steps:

• Peel the cooked potatoes while they are still hot, drop into a bowl and mash immediately. Grate the raw potatoes, add to the mashed potatoes with the flour and sifted bread soda. Mix well, and add enough buttermilk to make a stiff batter.
• Heat a frying pan, grease with butter and cook large or small pancakes in the usual way. Eat them straight from the pan with butter, crispy rashers or pure Irish honey.
• Note: This recipe was provided by professional chefs and has been scaled down from a bulk recipe provided by a restaurant. The FN chefs have not tested this recipe, in the proportions indicated, and therefore, we cannot make any representation as to the results.
• *Note: an Irish tablespoon is the same quantity as an American tablespoon plus a teaspoon.

CREAMY CHICKEN BOXTY

Steps:

• Place grated potato in a colander to drain; squeeze to remove excess liquid. Pat dry. In a large bowl, combine the grated potato, milk, flour, mashed potato, salt and pepper. Let stand for 20 minutes. , Meanwhile, in a large nonstick skillet, cook bacon over medium heat until crisp. Add mushrooms and leek; cook until tender. Gradually add cream. Whisk together flour and milk; add to pan. Bring to a boil. Cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Stir in the chicken, salt and pepper; heat through. Remove from the heat and keep warm., Coat another large nonstick skillet with cooking spray; heat over medium heat. Pour 3/4 cup batter into center of skillet; lift and tilt pan to coat bottom evenly. Cook until top appears dry; turn and cook 2-3 minutes longer. Remove and keep warm. Repeat with remaining batter, coating skillet with cooking spray as needed., Spoon filling onto pancakes.

BOXTY

Steps:

• In a bowl, whisk together the egg with the cream. Add the potato and flour, season with salt and pepper, and stir to mix. The mixture will be slightly runny.
• Melt the butter in a frying pan over medium heat. Add the potato mixture and cook for 8 to 10 minutes on each side, until the surface is golden brown and the potato is cooked through. Remove to a serving plate and cut into wedges to serve.

GAELIC BOXTY

Steps:

• Boxty Mix:
• Wash and drain the raw potatoes at least twice to remove all starch. Place the raw and mashed potatoes in a large pot, add the flour and milk. Season and blend to a smooth consistency. Drop a small ladle full onto a hot griddle; push the mixture from the center outwards with the bottom of the ladle, cook for 2 minutes then flip the boxty over and cook through. Season with salt and pepper.
• Gaelic Filling:
• Sear the fillets on both sides in an oiled, well-heated pan, remove from the pan and set aside. Fry the onions and mushrooms until soft, add the whiskey (careful not to burn your eyebrows off), add the cream, cracked pepper and season with salt, to taste. Reduce a little then return the fillets to the pan continue cooking until the sauce thickened to the right consistency.
• Gaelic boxty:
• Place 3 medallions onto each hot boxty, cover with sauce and roll over to make an omelette shape spoon some sauce on the top and garnish with watercress.

BOXTY, IRISH POTATO PANCAKES, WITH BANGERS IN A GUINNESS MUSHROOM AND ONION GRAVY RECIPE - (4.3/5)

Steps:

• BANGERS, MASH, AND GRAVY: Heat the oil in a pan over medium high heat. Add the sausage and cook until golden brown, about 2 to 4 minutes per side, and set them aside, slicing them as desired. Add the onions and mushrooms and sauté until tender, about 5 to 7 minutes. Add the garlic and thyme and sauté until fragrant, about a minute. Add the Guinness, mustard, Worcestershire sauce, and brown sugar along with the sausage and simmer for 10 minutes. BOXTY: Mix the grated potatoes, mashed potatoes, flour, and enough milk to make a nice thick pancake like batter. Heat the butter in a pan over medium heat, add the batter and cook until golden brown on both sides, about 4 minutes per side. You can also add 1/2 cup shredded white cheddar to the pancakes if you'd like. : Add chopped herbs to the pancakes! :Top with fried egg

CORNED BEEF AND CABBAGE BOXTY WITH STOUT MUSTARD SAUCE

Steps:

• Boxty: Peel and grate potatoes into a bowl quickly. Add eggs, milk, oil, half the mashed potatoes and mix.
• In a separate bowl sift together flour, salt and baking soda. Mix the egg mixture and the flour mixture together until blended.
• Let stand for 2 hours before using.
• Filling: Add the corned beef to a sauté pan with the oil and begin to brown.
• Add the cabbage and heat till it steams. Pour in the wine and reduce until it's almost gone.
• Add the cream, reduce a few minutes, then season with salt.
• Sauce: Melt butter over low heat and slowly stir in milk.
• Once milk has been well incorporated add Parmesan until melted.
• Stir in Stout and mustard and simmer to desired consistency.
• Preparation: Pour a small amount of the boxty mix into a non-stick fry pan over low heat. Swirl as you would an omelet and coat the pan with the batter.
• Saute until cooked through and remove from pan.
• Add Mashed potatoes and corned beef mix and wrap with boxty. Cover with sauce and serve.

BOXTY WITH SEARED LAMB LOIN AND WHOLE-GRAIN MUSTARD AIOLI

Steps:

• For the boxty pancakes: Preheat the oven to 200 degrees F. Grate 5 of the potatoes on the largest holes of a box grater. Toss with the vinegar and squeeze out the excess water between paper towels.
• Cut the remaining 3 potatoes into 6 pieces each. Place them in a saucepan with the garlic and cover with water by about 1 inch, sprinkling generously with salt. Bring to a boil, reduce to a simmer and cook until the potatoes are fork tender, 10 to 12 minutes. Drain. While still hot, pass the potatoes through a food mill or mash with a potato masher.
• Combine the grated potatoes with the mashed potatoes. Beat the eggs and add into the potatoes. Sprinkle with salt.
• Coat a large saute or cast-iron pan with olive oil over medium-high heat. Make a 1 1/2-inch patty and cook until brown and crispy, 3 to 4 minutes per side. Eat the first pancake to make sure the potato mixture is seasoned perfectly. Season again, if needed.
• Working in batches, make and cook all the pancakes, blotting on paper towels and seasoning with salt. Hold the pancakes on a sheet tray in the oven to keep warm until serving.
• For the lamb loin with whole-grain mustard aioli: Sprinkle the lamb with salt and brush with whole-grain mustard. Coat a large saute pan with oil over medium-high heat. When the oil starts to shimmer, add the lamb and sear on all sides, being careful not to burn the brown bits on the bottom of the pan. Cook until a thermometer reads 135 degrees F when inserted into the thickest part of the loins. Transfer to a small sheet tray and tent with aluminum foil. Allow to rest at least 10 minutes.
• Combine the mustard, mayonnaise, chives and parsley in a medium glass mixing bowl.
• Thinly slice the lamb. Place a dollop of the aioli on top of the boxty, and top with a slice of lamb and another dollop of the aioli.

BOXTY (IRISH POTATO DISH)

Steps:

• 1. Grate the raw potatoes into a bowl. Turn out onto a cloth and wring, catching the liquid. This will separate into a clear fluid with starch at the bottom. Pour off the fluid and scrape out the starch and mix with the grated and mashed potatoes. Sieve the dry ingredients and mix in along with the melted butter. Add a little milk if necessary to make a pliable dough. Knead lightly on a floured surface. Divide into four and form large, flat cakes. Mark each into quarters but do not cut right through, and bake on a griddle or in a heavy pan.

BOXTY WITH LIVER AND BACON

Steps:

• Sift self-rising flour into a bowl; stir in milk. Squeeze excess moisture from the grated potatoes and mix in. Season with salt and pepper.
• Melt 1 1/2 teaspoon butter with 1 teaspoon oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Spread a quarter of the potato mixture in the skillet; cook until golden brown, 3 to 4 minutes per side. Repeat 3 times with remaining butter, oil, and potato mixture. Stack potato pancakes on a plate and keep warm.
• Mix all-purpose flour, mixed herbs, salt, and pepper in a bowl. Roll liver strips in the flour mixture until evenly coated.
• Heat remaining 2 teaspoons oil in the skillet. Cook and stir liver strips in the hot oil until golden brown, 2 to 3 minutes.
• Cook bacon slices in the same skillet, turning occasionally, until evenly browned, about 10 minutes. Drain bacon slices on paper towels.
• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add cabbage; cook until wilted, about 3 minutes. Drain.
• Serve warm potatoes pancakes topped with liver, bacon, and cabbage. Season with black pepper.

IRISH BOXTY

Steps:

• Toss the grated potatoes with flour in a large bowl. Stir in mashed potatoes until combined. In a separate bowl, whisk together the egg and skim milk; mix into the potatoes. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
• Heat the olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Drop in the potato mixture, forming patties about 2 inches in diameter. Fry on both sides until golden brown, 3 to 4 minutes per side. Drain on a paper towel-lined plate. Serve warm.

CHEDDAR-AND-HERB BOXTY

Steps:

• Melt 2 tablespoons butter in a medium skillet over medium heat. Add the onion, season with salt and cook, stirring occasionally, until golden brown and very soft, 25 to 30 minutes. Let cool.
• Meanwhile, place the potatoes in a saucepan, cover with water by 1 inch and season with salt. Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat and simmer until tender, 10 to 12 minutes. Drain, then transfer to a large bowl, add the milk and mash until smooth. Let cool at least 30 minutes.
• Preheat the oven to 250 degrees F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Add the cooked onion, egg yolk, flour, cheese, parsley, 1 teaspoon salt and a few grinds of pepper to the potatoes; stir until combined. Scoop 1/4 cupfuls of the potato mixture onto a lightly floured surface and form into twelve 3-inch pancakes.
• Melt the remaining 1 tablespoon butter in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Working in batches, cook the pancakes until golden brown on the bottom, about 4 minutes. Gently flip, adding more butter to the pan if necessary, and continue cooking until browned on the other side, 3 to 4 more minutes. Transfer to the prepared baking sheet and keep warm in the oven until ready to serve. Top with chives.

BANGER BOXTY

Steps:

• Mix together mashed potatoes, shredded potatoes, egg, and buttermilk.
• Season with granulated garlic, salt, and pepper and thicken with flour.
• You do not want the mixture to thick, as you need a flat pancake to put meat/peppers into, cradled like a taco.
• Preheat a skillet, spray with non-spray cooking spray just before adding boxty mixture.
• Cook mixture as a pancake on medium to medium-low heat.
• Flip over and continue to cook until done.
• In a separate pan fry sausages until nicely browned, remove and slice.
• Return to pan, adding sliced peppers cooking until tender and sausages are browned.
• Mix together and cook until simmering: Shiner Bock beer (or other Bavarian type beer), beef stock, cheddar cheese, and granulated garlic, salt and pepper to make Beer Cheese Sauce.
• Top cooked pancake with sausage and peppers to make boxty.
• Pour beer cheese sauce over boxty.

IRISH BOXTY

Steps:

• 1. The raw grated potato squeezed in paper towel to get rid of extra water. Mix the raw grated potato and mashed potatoes together. Sieve the flour, salt, baking powder to the potatoes ,add the black pepper with the melted butter. Add a little milk and stir to you have a dough. Knead gently on to a floured surface till the dough becomes smooth and crack free. pull the dough into 8 pieces, roll in to balls and flatten to make circular shapes make about 2cm in thickness.
• 2. Cook on a oiled pan over gentle heat, until the boxty is a dark golden brown, turn over and cook other side. Serve with fried egg and some crispy bacon...
• 3. NOTE = You can also add to the boxty mixture an chopped onion, raisins, grated cheddar cheese.

PALEO IRISH BOXTY + FULL IRISH BREAKFAST RECIPE - (4.5/5)

Steps:

• Cut 1 1/2 turnips into small chunks. In a small saucepan, bring two cups of water up to a boil with the turnips. While turnips are boiling, shred other 1 1/2 turnips with a cheese grater. With a dish rag, squeeze out any excess liquid of the shredded turnips. Once boiled turnips are finished cooking, drain and add 2 tablespoons coconut milk. Blend until smooth with an immersion blender. Mix in shredded turnips, remaining coconut milk, egg, arrowroot, salt and pepper. In a flat-bottomed skillet, crisp 4 slices of bacon over medium heat. Once bacon is done, dice two slices and add to boxty batter. Reserve a little of the bacon fat from the skillet. With the remaining bacon fat, scoop 1/4 cup boxty batter onto hot skillet. You don't want the pancakes to be too big or they won't flip. Cook for 7 to 10 minutes until patty is brown. Flip and cook for another 5 to 7 minutes. This should make about 10 small pancakes. Add more bacon fat as needed and continue the process of frying the pancakes. Cook bangers for 7 to 10 minutes per side, covered. In banger fat, fry up eggs to your liking. Fill your plate with boxty, bangers, bacon and eggs. Enjoy!

BOXTY

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C). Scrub the unpeeled potatoes and prick them several times with a fork; place onto a baking sheet.
• Bake in the preheated oven until the potatoes are easily pierced with a fork, 50 minutes to 1 hour. Remove, cool, and peel. Mash the potatoes with the buttermilk. Stir in the grated raw potato, flour, baking soda, salt, and pepper.
• Melt the butter in a large skillet or griddle over medium heat. Scoop the potato mixture into the skillet to make 3 inch cakes. Fry until golden and crisp, turning once, about 5 minutes per side.