Best 9 Colcannon Potatoes Recipes

COLCANNON POTATOES

Steps:

• Place cabbage and 2 cups water in a large saucepan; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, covered, until cabbage is tender, about 10 minutes. Drain, reserving cooking liquid; keep cabbage warm in separate dish., In same pan, combine potatoes and reserved cooking liquid. Add additional water to cover potatoes; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cook, uncovered, until potatoes are tender, 15-20 minutes. Meanwhile, place milk, green onions, salt and pepper in a small saucepan; bring just to a boil and remove from heat., Drain potatoes; place in a large bowl and mash. Add milk mixture; beat just until blended. Stir in cabbage. To serve, drizzle with butter; top with parsley and bacon.

IRISH COLCANNON (CREAMY POTATOES AND CABBAGE)

Steps:

• Strip outer leaves from cabbage.
• Shred cabbage (or kale), place in a saucepan with water to cover the bottom and bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat and simmer until crisp-tender, about 5-10 minutes.
• Drain well.
• (opt.) Liquefy in blender.
• Boil potatoes in a separate kettle, covered with water, until tender.
• In a small saucepan cook leeks or onions and cream(or milk) about 10 minutes.
• Mash potatoes then season with salt, pepper and mace.
• Mix in the onions and milk.
• Combine the potato mixture with cabbage or kale, beating it to a pale green fluff over low heat.
• Pour into a deep warmed dish.
• Dab with butter or margarine.
• NOTE: Leftovers can be fried in oil until crisp and brown on both sides.
• OPTION: Substitute ground nutmeg for mace.

FABULOUS COLCANNON (MASHED POTATOES AND CABBAGE)

Steps:

• Place potatoes into a large pot and cover with salted water. Bring to a boil, set heat to medium-low, and simmer until tender, about 20 minutes. Drain potatoes and transfer to a large mixing bowl.
• Stir milk, mayonnaise, and butter into potatoes. Mash with a potato masher until smooth.
• Cook and stir bacon in a large skillet over medium heat until fat is rendered, 3 to 5 minutes.
• Stir onion, garlic, and cayenne pepper into bacon and drippings and cook, stirring often, until onions are translucent, about 5 minutes.
• Stir cabbage and water into onion mixture until cabbage is wilted, about 5 more minutes. Season with salt and black pepper.
• Fold cabbage mixture into mashed potatoes.
• Cook and stir ham pieces in the same skillet used for cabbage mixture until lightly browned, 3 to 5 minutes.
• Stir cooked ham into mashed potato and cabbage mixture until combined.

COLCANNON IRISH POTATOES

Steps:

• Place potatoes in a 6-qt. stockpot; add water to cover. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium; cook, covered, until potatoes are almost tender, 8-10 minutes., Add cabbage and onion; cook, covered, until cabbage is tender, 5-7 minutes. Drain; return to pot. Add salt and pepper; mash to desired consistency, gradually adding butter and milk.

EASY COLCANNON POTATOES RECIPE

Steps:

• STOVE TOP Add a couple tablespoons of salt to a pot water. Add cubed potatoes and boil until fork tender - drain (Alternatively, you can place the potatoes in the Instant Pot with salt and cook at 7 minutes high manual pressure and use quick pressure release to release the pressure) In a skillet on the stove, add butter. Once melted, add kale and cook for 3-4 minutes. Add the onions and mushrooms and cook for an additional 2 minutes. Add cream to the potatoes and mash. Add other ingredients to the potatoes, mix, and season with salt and pepper. INSTANT POT Add a couple of tablespoons of salt to 4 cups of water in the Instant Pot Cook at 7 minutes high manual pressure Quick pressure release the pressure Drain the potatoes While the potatoes are cooking, you can cook the onions, mushrooms, and kale in the butter on the stove top. You can also do this with the saute feature on the Instant Pot. Add cream to the potatoes and mash Add other ingredients to the potatoes, mix, and season with salt and pepper

IRISH MASHED POTATOES (COLCANNON)

Steps:

• Cook potatoes in water until tender.
• Drain.
• While potatoes are cooking; Melt butter in large skillet.
• Add chopped onion and cook for 5 minutes.
• Stir in kale and cook 5 more minutes.
• Remove from heat.
• Mash potatoes, milk, sour cream, salt and pepper with mixer.
• Stir in kale mixture.

MAIN DISH COLCANNON (CABBAGE, POTATOES AND SAUSAGES)

Steps:

• In large skillet or dutch oven, brown the sausages in the butter.
• Remove sausages.
• Add potatoes and onions to drippings in pan and stir to coat.
• Add cabbage and parsley and mix well.
• Place sausages on top of mixture.
• Cover with tight fitting lid and simmer, stirring occasionally until potatoes and cabbage are soft.
• Add ale as needed to keep colcannon moist. (yes, you can drink what you don't use for cooking!).
• As soon as the potatoes and cabbage are soft, remove the sausages, take a deep breath and add the Heavy Cream to the mixture until it resembles mashed potatoes.
• Add salt and white pepper to taste.
• Replace the sausages and serve.

MASHED POTATOES WITH KALE (COLCANNON)

Steps:

• Cover the potatoes with water in a saucepan, add about 1/2 teaspoon of salt and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to medium, cover partially and cook until tender all the way through when pierced with a knife, about 30 to 45 minutes. Drain off the water, return the potatoes to the pan, cover tightly and let steam over very low heat for another 2 to 3 minutes. Remove from the heat and mash with a potato masher or a fork, through a food mill or in a standing mixer fitted with the paddle, while still hot.
• While the potatoes are cooking bring a large pot of generously salted water to a boil and add the kale. Fill a bowl with ice and water. Cook the kale for 4 to 6 minutes (after the water returns to the boil), until the leaves are tender but still bright green. Transfer to the ice water, allow to cool for a couple of minutes, then drain and squeeze out excess water. Chop fine (you can use a food processor).
• Towards the end of the potato cooking time, combine the milk and the scallions in a saucepan and bring to a simmer. Remove from the heat and let steep for a few minutes. Stir the chopped kale into the hot mashed potatoes and beat in the milk and butter or olive oil. The mixture should be fluffy (you can do this in an electric mixer fitted with the paddle). Add salt to taste and freshly ground pepper. Serve hot, right away. (Or to keep warm in a double boiler: set the bowl in a saucepan filled one third of the way with water. Make sure the water doesn't touch the bottom of the bowl. Bring the water to a simmer. Stir the potato and kale mixture from time to time. ).

COLLEEN'S COLCANNON POTATOES

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven or deep pot, layer ingredients, bottom to top> Potatoes, carrots, cabbage, scallions.
• Cover the potatoes and carrots with cold water, just enough to cover potatoes and carrots. The other vegetables will steam during cooking to desired tenderness. Add salt to taste.
• Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to maintain a gentle simmer. Cook, covered until potatoes are near fork-tender, carrots crispy tender, about 15-20 minutes.
• Drain and return all ingredients to pot.
• Mash the mixture while adding butter and parsley. The potato mixture should be coursly mashed & thick. Add milk for thinning if desired.
• Serve hot with sliced corned beef.
• NOTE: if it's too thin, add instant potatoes until desired consistency is reached.