Save to your scrapbook
Irish Boxty Pancakes with Streaky Bacon and Heather Honey
This will be saved to your scrapbook
You can also add it to one of your existing cookbooks
Irish Boxty Pancakes with Streaky Bacon and Heather Honey
Boxty is one of Ireland's famous potato dishes. Here, it's paired with bacon & honey for a breakfast dish not unlike those the Americans serve up. Use the best quality bacon you can.
- Preparation time: 45 minutes
- Cooking time: 40 minutes
-
Total time:
1 hour 25 minutes
Serves: 4
Ingredients
- 500g potatoes
- 200g plain flour
- ½ tsp bicarbonate of soda
- 284ml buttermilk
- 25g butter
- 12 rashers streaky bacon
- 4–5 tbsp heather honey
Method
- Put 250g unpeeled potatoes in a pan of cold water, bring to the boil and cook for 20 minutes until soft. Drain the potatoes, scoop out the flesh, mash it and cool. Discard the skins. Meanwhile, peel and grate the remaining raw potatoes and place in a bowl with the flour and bicarbonate of soda. Add the cooled mash, then add just enough buttermilk to make a very thick batter. Season really well.
- Preheat the oven to 140°C, gas mark 1. Heat a griddle or non-stick frying pan, grease it well with the butter, then drop in a quarter of the mix to make three 7cm pancakes. Cook the pancakes over a medium heat for 2 minutes, reduce the heat to low and cook for 3 minutes more. Once you can see bubbles on the surface of the pancakes, flip over and slowly cook for 4–5 minutes on the other side until golden. Keep warm in the oven and repeat, cooking the remaining pancake mix in three batches. You may need to re-grease the pan each time. Grill or fry the bacon and serve each person 3 pancakes with bacon and a drizzle of honey.
Comments
Nutritional Info
Typical values per serving:
| Energy |
2648.472kJ 633.0kcal |
|---|---|
| Fat | 22.9g |
| Saturated Fat | 9.6g |
| Sugars | 28.2g |
| Salt | 3.2g |
This recipe was first published in June 2007.
Average user rating