Boxty

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

“

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.

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Beef, Stout and Potatoes

So with all the American beef on sale I decides to buy some but was not so sure what I was going to do with it . So I got home a looked in the fridge . This is what I came up with Beef ,Garlic ,Onions,Potatoes ,Thyme , Rosemary ,Stout, Butter , Flour and a drop of whiskey.
I fried the onions layered them over the beef and garlic . Made a roux with the flour and butter added the whiskey and stout. Added the herbs poured over the Potatoes and beef. Put in the over at 190 Celsius for 2 hours .


Tasty

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Great home made chips

I tried to make home made chips . Here is how I did it . Got some nice big potatoes and cut . Put them in water then dried them before I blanched them in hot oil (blanch cook with out color) After which I put in the freezer . Then I cooked again this time a the highest heat I could get the oil . Cook Till they were brown .

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Pork loin wrapped in bacon

Pork loin wrapped in bacon

I crave Sunday roast from home but it is not easy to get a roast beef here and its expensive and lamb is impossible to get so pork is always my alternative option. This time I took my pork loin and covered it in mustard and rosemary salt and pepper wrapped it in bacon and used rosemary twigs to hold the bacon in place then drizzled some maple syrup over it.
This pork loin was 7000 won.

I then took my wrapped loin and placed it in a roasting tin on a bed of onions and garlic so as it doesn't fry it is roasted all over. Pre heat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius for 1hour 30 minutes.

After 30 minutes I added parboiled potatoes with a little rosemary.

Baileys mustard sauce
To make the sauce I used chicken stock, baileys, whole grain mustard salt pepper , sage and parsley. I de glazed the roasting pan the pork was on and strained the contents with a sieve.
Once the roast pork was finished I let it sit for 10 minutes before cutting . I finished the roast potatoes in the oven at 250 degrees Celsius for another 10 minutes

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The Simple spud

Suncheons new Home plus as a nice selection of cheese . In this new selection we have Parmigiano-Reggiano. I just could not help myself and picked some up.

So here is the very simple Parmesan baked potato. I am Irish and its true we do love our potatoes . To make this one take a nice big new potato. slit it and bake it at 250 for an hour. Remove it from the oven and open it a little place some butter inside, salt, pepper, chives and sliced Parmesan on top.

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Leek and potato Soup

I love this soup. I made it with white part of the Leek, onion, Potatoes, chicken stock, Milk mushrooms and one small carrot . A little Thyme, salt and pepper. I sauteed the onion leek and mushrooms in a little butter . I add the chicken stock and bring to the boil . Then add the carrots and sliced potatoes. When everything is cooked I blend and add milk. I sauteed the green part of the leek in a little butter and added at the end. Its great winter food .
Other great ingredients in this would be bacon , bacon fat, rosemary or minced garlic.

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Scalloped Potatoes

Scalloped Potatoes
Also called potatoe bake
Cream, Onions, Bacon, potatoes, shiitake mushrooms, cheese ,chives and thyme (or a little nutmeg, parsley ,rosemary,garlic)

Fry the bacon till crispy, Peel and slice the potatoes real thin. Dice the mushrooms and onions .Layer everything and pour a little cream over each layer . Sprinkle cheese on top cover with a lid or tin foil . Cook at 240 250c for an hour or till potatoes are soft.
You can cook in your toaster oven.

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Another Sunday Loin

Pork loin with Maple Guinness glaze.
Glaze
Guinness, Brown sugar and Maple syrup,
Mix together and reduce by half

Brine
I made with Water, Brown sugar, Apple Vinegar, Salt, Pepper corns and Mustard powder.
I mixed the vinegar, sugar, kosher salt and mustard powder together and heat till everything was dissolved. Mix with cold water and pepper corns add pork loin and place in the refrigerator for 24 hours . Cook at 180 for 1hr 20 min glaze and re glaze every 20 mins.

Rosemary and Garlic potatoes

For potatoes I steamed for 20-30 mins then cut into wedges added chopped rosemary and garlic powder. Some oil. Placed on a hot baking try with a little oil (hot). In a preheated oven 200c.

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Sunday Roast Brings Me Home

I love Sunday Roast .

I found myself a nice pork loin at Kim's club . So I cooked it up for Sunday dinner.
My big miss from Ireland is Sunday Roast.
I seasoned with some garlic powder, salt , pepper and thyme.
Place it in a Roasting tin with a little water. I preheated the oven to 170-180 and cooked for 1hour 30 mins.
After 45 min I added all ready steamed potato wedges seasoned with olive oil and thyme and rosemary. and finished cooking.
I made some Gravy and boiled some frozen (a childhood love ) the peas I got at the Underground Grocers

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So I went on a Korean Game show

We Loose

So we were all Korean and wore Hanboks

Nice Pants

We had 30 mins to pick as many potatoes as we could
we picked 200kg the other team picked 220kg.

We then had to make a camp fire and steam the potatoes. Our fire was a not quite that impressive and the blue team win again. Dave said our fire was welfare. The challenge we did win I have no photos but we did win the calligraphy challenge.

We did a temple stay. Ate with the monk. Like a monk. There are a lot of rules we could not talk or make any noise we had to eat everything and we had to clean everything with water after. The water was meant to be as clean at the end as it was in the beginning.

We pealed and chopped a lot of sweet potatoes.

We cooked a lot of potatoes. In very little time.
For 50 Children .
Who were the judges.

We Made MAT TANG
고구마 맛탕고구마 튀김 - fried sweet potato

Recipes

Mat Tang 고구마 맛탕

Sweet potatoes cut in cubes (bite size) and deep fried till golden.
Sugar,Water and corn syrup.
At a ration 1-1-1
Put sugar and water in pan
Reduce by half
Do not stir
Add corn syrup and simmer for a few minutes
Add deep fried sweet potato cubes and sprinkle black sesame seeds over it

고구마 튀김 - Fried sweet potato2 egg yolks ,water ,soju ,saltflour?? they used frying powder.Make a batter. Add sliced sweet potatoDeep fry till golden brownDasik

Sweet Potato Boiled and mashed, Honey.

Sieve the boiled sweet potato. Add honey and place in the Dasik mold.

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Colcannon

Potatoes, cooked
cabbage, shredded and lightly steamed
2 tbsp cream/milk
salt and black pepper
onions, sliced and fried in
a little bacon fat or butter.
Mix all together and enjoy

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Easy Quick Perogies

Recipe 

Cheese 

Cream cheese 

Butter 

Potatoes 

Green Onions 

Salt and Pepper 

Dill If You Like 

Man Du Wrappers 

Egg

Cook the Potatoes and mash. Add cream cheese, cheese, butter, dill, salt and pepper to taste. Place a tablespoon in the man du wrappers brush the wrapper with egg  and seal . Fry some chopped bacon, onions and mushrooms. Fry perogies add bacon mix eat with some dipping sauce Cheese dip, sour cream  or salsa.

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