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Colcannon

Name: Colcannon
Total time: 40 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Ireland
Ingredients: 800g Potato; 1/4 Cabbage; 4 Green Onion; 150ml Milk; 60g Butter; 1 tsp Salt; A pinch Black Pepper

Side Dish

⏱ 40 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

Mashed potato with cabbage and green onion mixed in, topped with lots of butter — a traditional Irish dish.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Colcannon is mashed potato mixed with boiled cabbage or kale and green onion. It's customarily eaten around Samhain, the ancient Celtic festival said to be the origin of Halloween, when rings or coins were hidden inside to tell fortunes. It's eaten with a well in the center filled with melted butter.

🌆 Where it's eaten: At dinnertime in late October, a pool of melted butter is made in the middle of a platter of colcannon on the farmhouse table as children hunt for hidden coins.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Potato 800g
Cabbage 1/4
Green Onion 4
Milk 150ml
Butter 60g
Salt 1 tsp
Black Pepper A pinch

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Peel the potatoes, boil until soft, and drain.
Shred the cabbage and sauté in a little butter until soft.
Slice the green onions and warm them with the milk.
Mash the potatoes and add the warm milk and onions until smooth.
Mix in the cabbage and season with salt and pepper.
Plate, make a well in the center, and pour in the remaining butter, melted.

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