Recipe#6469

Title: Boxty (Potato Griddle Cakes)

From: The Meades
Date: Thu, 1 Feb 1996 13:27:46 -0500 

     1/2  pound         Raw potato
     1/2  pound         Mashed potato
     1/2  pound         Plain flour
                        Milk
   1      each          Egg
                        Salt and pepper
Grate raw potatoes and mix with the cooked mashed potatoes.  Add salt, pepper 
and flour.  Beat egg and add to mixture with just enough milk to make a batter 
that will drop from a spoon.  Drop by tablespoonfuls onto a hot griddle or 
frying pan.  Cook over a moderate heat for 3-4 minutes on each side.  Serve 
with a tart apple sauce:  or as part of an Ulster Fry, with fried bacon, fried 
sausage, fried eggs, fried black pudding, fried bread, fried soda bread.