Title: Colcannon (Mashed Potatoes and Cabbage)
Categories: None
Yield: 1 Servings

Butter or margarine for
-greasing heat-proof platter
1/2 sm Head green cabbage; thinly
-sliced and chopped into
-1-inch lengths
5 lg Baking potatoes; such as
-russets, peeled and cut
-into chunks
5 tb Butter; cut into pieces
1 bn Green onions; trimmed and
-sliced, (include about 1/2
-of dark green stalks)
Salt and white pepper; to
-taste
1 c Grated; (4 ounces) Irish
-white Cheddar cheese or
-Havarti cheese (4 ounces)

Notes: From Orange County Register

Cooks note: You can purchase Irish Cheddar cheese at markets and specialty
shops that specialize in imported cheese. I found a sharp Ballycashel Irish
white Cheddar cheese at Trader Joe's.

Preliminaries: Grease an oven-proof platter (or jelly-roll pan) with butter
or margarine. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. 1. Cook cabbage in large pot of
boiling, salted water until tender, about 2 minutes. Scoop out cabbage
(reserve cooking liquid) and drain in colander.

2. Cook potatoes in same pot in the cabbage water until tender. Drain and
mash, in a ricer or electric mixer (not a food processor), adding the
pieces of butter. Stir in drained cabbage and green onions. Season to taste
with salt and white pepper.

3. Spread mixture on prepared platter. Sprinkle with cheese.

4. Bake in a preheated 350-degree oven until heated and cheese bubbles,
about 25 minutes.

Advance preparation: Can be prepared 2 hours in advance and refrigerated
unbaked. Increase baking time by 4 or 5 minutes. Presentation: If desired,
surround mixture with boiled and drained baby carrots.

Yield: 8 servings

Nutritional information (per slice): 227 calories, 12.6 grams fat, 7.8
grams saturated fat, 36 milligrams cholesterol, 198 milligrams sodium, 50
percent calories from fat

Posted to recipelu-digest by ncanty@juno.com (Nadia I Canty) on Mar 29,
1998