Boxty – Irish potato pancakes

Ingredients

• 400 g raw potatoes
• 300 g cooked cooled potatoes
• 150 g plain flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1 egg
• 1.5 dl cultured buttermilk
• 1 tsp salt
• ½ tsp pepper
• 30 g butter and 2 tbsp oil for frying
• sour cream to serve

Method

1. 1Finely grate raw potatoes and squeeze out liquid. Mash cooked potatoes.
2. 2Mix both with flour, baking powder, egg, buttermilk, salt and pepper into a thick batter.
3. 3Fry small pancakes in butter and oil over medium heat for 4–5 minutes per side until golden and cooked through.
4. 4Serve hot with sour cream.