Irish Potato Farls Recipe

St. Patrick’s Day is just around the corner–yes, I can’t believe it’s almost March either.  Food and holidays go hand in hand for me, so I couldn’t resist featuring a recipe for this one.  St. Patrick’s Day might bring to mind images of corned beef, cabbage, and green beer, but for me, I think potatoes.  They’re a weakness.

This recipe for Irish Potato Farls (or cakes or fadge or whatever you’d like to name them) involves just a few basic ingredients and is so easy to make that anyone can tackle the job.  I recommend serving these up in the morning with some fried eggs or at night as some breakfast for dinner.  While these do make an excellent breakfast accompaniment, I like to eat them anytime (potatoes = weakness).  You’ll often see potato farls in a square or triangular shape, but I make mine circular because I’m a rebel.

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Irish Potato Farls

 

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Prep time

10 mins

Cook time

30 mins

Total time

40 mins

 

Ingredients

• 1.5 lbs potatoes
• 1 cup flour
• 4 tbsp butter
• 1 tbsp salt
• oil/butter for frying

Instructions

1. Peel and cut potatoes into uniform cubes.
2. Boil with salt in a large saucepan until potatoes break apart when pierced with a fork.
3. Drain potatoes; add butter and mash.
4. Gradually add in flour until you have a workable dough. The amount of flour needed will depend on how moist the potatoes are.
5. Roll dough onto a lightly floured surface until it's just under ½ in. in thickness
6. Use a biscuit cutter (or an upside down glass) to cut out farls. You can shape them any way you like, this is just my preferred method.
7. Fry about 3 minutes per side until they're deliciously crispy, and serve with more butter!

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If you have some leftover mashed potatoes you’d like to put to good use, you can use them as a starting point for this recipe too.  Either way, you’re going to enjoy these!  Just try to resist overdoing it with the butter.  I tend to fail at that.

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