Boxty Pancakes

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• 8 ounces potatoes, freshly cooked (225 grams)
• 8 ounces raw potatoes, peeled (225 grams)
• 8 ounces flour (225 grams or 1 1/2 cups)
• 1/4 teaspoon baking powder, sifted (1/2 irish teaspoon bread soda)
• 8 -12 fluid ounces buttermilk (225 to 300 millileters/1 to 1 1/2 cups)
• 1 pinch salt (optional)
• butter, for frying

Recipe

• 1 peel the cooked potatoes while they are still hot, drop into a bowl and mash immediately.
• 2 grate the raw potatoes, add to the mashed potatoes with the flour and sifted bread soda.
• 3 mix well, and add enough buttermilk to make a stiff batter.
• 4 heat a frying pan, grease with butter and cook large or small pancakes in the usual way.
• 5 eat them straight from the pan with butter, crispy rashers or pure irish honey.
• 6 *note: an irish tablespoon is the same quantity as an american tablespoon plus a teaspoon.