Boxty

Boxty

Bon Appetit May 1996

Being of Irish heritage, I like to celebrate St. Patrick's Day with traditional foods. I wanted to make something a little more WW™ friendly than the corned beef and cabbage or lamb stew that I usually make.

Boxty uses a few readily available ingredients to produce different results - bread, pancakes or dumplings. 

I set out to make a nontraditional boxty by using cauliflower-potato mash in place of mashed potatoes but it got even more non-traditional when I realized I was out of russet potatoes so I substituted some sweet potato.

Makes 2 servings                                                                4 WW pp / serving

1/2 cup Cauliflower-Potato Mash
3/4 cup grated peeled sweet potato
6 Tbsp. cup flour
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp Kosher salt
1 Tbsp. skim milk + more as needed
Cooking spray

1. Mix the cauliflower-potato mash, grated potato, flour, baking soda, and salt. Gradually mix in enough milk to form the texture of firm mashed potatoes.
2. With damp hands, form the potato mixture into 4 pancakes.
3. In a skillet coated with cooking spray, cook the pancakes for 3 minutes per side.

Enjoy!