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    Home » Recipes » Irish Potato Cakes

    Irish Potato Cakes

    Published: March 16, 2016, Modified: November 13, 2019, By: Michelle Alston

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    I had planned on sharing these Irish Potato Cakes with you earlier this week but best-laid plans and all that, well a very poorly little girl will stop you in your tracks no matter what you do. Fortunately my girl is on the mend again and hopefully, touch wood, this will be the last virus/bug that she gets until next term! So, Irish potato cakes, pure comfort food, they are perfect for your St.Patrick's day breakfast or maybe they would be especially good the day after Paddy's day, you know, for the hangover cure 😉 These potato cakes are really easy to make and are a great way of using up leftover mash, so they were often made for breakfast, but are great as a lunch too.

    My days of celebrating Paddy's day out on the town are well and truly over, unfortunately, well some things can't go on forever can they, and I have enjoyed some really great Paddy's day celebrations, in Ireland and in Jersey too. Celebrations in Ely are, well as far as I know they are pretty non-existent, and that's ok, we do miss seeing the parades though. We were very lucky when we lived in Co.Kildare as the parade passed by right at the end of our drive, we had great fun with our friends and neighbours in Clane. So this is our second St.Patrick's day in Ely and we will celebrate just in a quieter way, well maybe just for this year 😉 Happy St. Patrick's day all, Lá Fhéile Pádraig Sona Daoibh x

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    Irish Potato Cakes

    These traditional Irish Potato cakes are easy to make and great for breakfast!
    5 from 3 votes
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    Course: Breakfast
    Cuisine: Irish
    Diet: Vegetarian
    Prep Time: 10 minutes
    Cook Time: 30 minutes
    Total Time: 40 minutes
    Servings: 9 cakes
    Calories: 95kcal
    Author: Michelle Alston

    Ingredients

    • 450 g floury potatoes , pelled and cut into quarters
    • 25 g butter + 3 teaspoon for frying
    • 50 g plain flour
    • 1 tablespoon chives , finely chopped
    • ¼ teaspoon of sea salt
    • ¼ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
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    Instructions

    • Boil the potatoes in a large pan of water, cook until tender, then mash with a potato masher.
    • Add the butter, sea salt and black pepper and stir until smooth. Leave to cool.
    • When the mashed potato is cooled, add the chives and flour and mix well.
    • Turn the potato mix out onto a floured surface and pat into a circle about 1.5 cm thick.
    • Using a cookie cutter or glass (I use a glass) start cutting out the cakes, you will get about 3 cakes, then pat the potato mixture back into another round and cut more cakes, I got 9 cakes out of this mixture.
    • Heat a teaspoon of butter in a skillet pan and cook the potato cakes for about 4 minutes each side until they are golden brown. You can keep them warm in the oven if you need.
    • When cooked place the potato cakes on some kitchen paper to soak up any excess butter.
    • Serve with fried or poached eggs if you wish.

    Nutrition

    Serving: 1cake | Calories: 95kcal | Carbohydrates: 14.3g | Protein: 1.5g | Fat: 3.7g | Saturated Fat: 2.3g | Cholesterol: 10mg | Sodium: 79mg | Potassium: 173mg | Fiber: 1.1g | Sugar: 0.5g | Calcium: 6mg
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    *nutrition information is per potato cake

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    1. Leah

      November 15, 2016 at 9:19 pm

      5 stars
      These were delicious! I added a bit of thyme to the mash. Will do again!!

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      • Michelle Alston

        November 16, 2016 at 9:21 am

        Hi Leah, I'm so glad you liked them! I love that you added thyme too 😉

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    2. IGOR @ COOKING THE GLOBE

      May 20, 2016 at 9:54 pm

      5 stars
      Love these! I am hundred percent sure that I'll try them soon. Thanks!

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      • Michelle Alston

        May 21, 2016 at 7:56 am

        Thanks Igor, I hope you enjoy them 🙂

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    3. Allie | In This Kitchen

      March 20, 2016 at 8:07 pm

      These look so good. I can't say I've had anything like them before, so now I'm really curious to try them!

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      • Michelle Alston

        March 21, 2016 at 8:38 am

        Thanks Allie, you should try them. They always go down a treat in my house 😉

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