Boxty

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxty

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Boxty on the griddle, Boxty in the pan, If you can't make boxty, You'll never get a man.

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Boxty where I am from is usually in the dumpling form

8 oz/ 250 g/ 1 cup raw potato
8 oz/ 250 g/ 1 cup mashed potato
8 oz/ 250 g/ 2 cups plain flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
large knob of butter, melted
about 1/4 pt/ 125 ml/ 1/2 cup milk
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.
Recipe from here

http://www.irelandseye.com/aarticles/culture/recipes/cooking/boxty.shtm

I remember my dad making it we would boil potatoes , grate more and squeeze till all the starch is gone mix together maybe add flour and boil . I also remember making cake these were not boiled but cooked in the oven. I love boxty for breakfast . Boxty is a is popular everywhere my cousins come down form Dublin and buy as much as they can to bring back with them as they cant get it there.