Irish Champ (Mashed Potatoes)

"One of the favorite Irish ways to serve potatoes. For a change try adding any of these:Leeks, nettles, peas, or brown crispy onions. Instead of the green onions I added frozen peas after mashing the potatoes with the hot milk and then kept the potatoes hot Looked and tasted great"
 
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Ready In:
50mins
Ingredients:
5
Serves:
4
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ingredients

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directions

  • Finely chop the green onions (white& green tops) and mix with the cold milk.
  • bring slowly to a boil and simmer 3-4 minutes, turn off the heat and leave to infuse.
  • Peel and mash the cooked potatoesand while still hot mix with the boiled milk& green onions.
  • Beat in some of the butter.
  • Season with salt& pepper.
  • Put a knob of butter on top& serve.
  • You can do this recipe ahead and reheat in a 350F oven, covered with foil until hot (apprx 30 minutes).

Questions & Replies

  1. what is the sauce on top???
     
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Reviews

  1. Good mashed potatoes, Bergy! They went well with the Irish pork dish we did for St. Pat's day. The recipe was easily halved for two, I did add a dash of cayenne instead of regular pepper. Thanks for sharing a good one.
     
  2. Made these for St Patricks Day dinner. These were GREAT! The green onion flavor was fantastic!
     
  3. Delicious and very easy! A nice twist on classic mashed potatoes! Warming the scallions in the milk gave the entire dish a subtle scallion flavor. I will definatly make this again! Thanks!
     
  4. This is an amzing dish. Warming the milk (I sometimes use cream) with the green onions makes the flavor so intense. I use red potatoes and the added color of their skins is nice. I think Yukon Gold potatoes would be delicious too.
     
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