Comforting Cabbage Colcannon
Colcannon is a lovely Irish comfort food combining potatoes and cabbage, all mashed together. It can be served as side dish, or if you add sausages it can become a main course feast.
Ingredients
- 4-6 large yukon gold potatoes, cubed
- 1 large onion chopped
- 1 whole cabbage shredded
- 6 large sausages (omit if you want a veggie version) purists would use irish banger sausages
- 1 tablespoon fresh parsley
- 1 bottle beer
- 1-2 cups yoghurt non fat plain
- Salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Brown the sausages in a large dutch oven.
- Remove sausages.
- Add potatoes and onions to drippings in pan and stir to coat.
- Add cabbage and parsley and mix well.
- Place sausages on top of mixture.
- Cover with tight fitting lid and simmer, stirring occasionally until potatoes and cabbage are soft. 45 minutes is about right.
- Add as much ale as needed to keep colcannon moist.
- As soon as the potatoes and cabbage are soft, remove the sausages
- Add the dairy product of your choice to the mixture until it resembles mashed potatoes.
- Add salt and white pepper to taste.
- Chop up the sausages and add to the mix.
Notes
If you have leftovers, try making these amazing Colcannon Cakes