Colcannon
Colcannon is a traditional Irish dish, made by mixing creamy mashed potatoes (or purée) with cabbage, chives and spring onions.
There are many different versions and ways to adapt this classic recipe. My version here serves it with baked sausages.
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Last modified on: April 23th 2017
For 4 people, you will need:
- 1
500 g green cabbage - 2
250 g sausage - 3
100 g spring onion (scallion) - 4
50 g butter - 5
700 g potato purée - 6
chives - 7
salt - 8
pepper - Total weight: 1,600 grams
How long does it take?
| Preparation | Cooking | Start to finish |
|---|---|---|
| 25 min. | 43 min. | 1 hour 8 min. |
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Step by step recipe
Stage 1
20 min.
Prepare 500 g green cabbage (green really is best for this).Drain thoroughly and leave to wait on absorbant paper.
Stage 2
40 min.
Wrap the sausages in aluminium foil and cook in the oven at 360°F (180°C) for about 40 minutes.Stage 3
3 min.
Rinse, peel and chop 100 g spring onion (scallion).Stage 4
3 min.
Melt 50 g butter in a frying pan on medium heat. Add the cabbage and onion.Salt, pepper and cook gently for 2 or 3 minutes.
Stage 5
2 min.
Reheat 700 g potato purée in a saucepan on low heat, then add the cabbage and onion mixture.Finish by adding the chopped chives, then check the seasoning.
Stage 6
Serve on hot plates, with a bed of colcannon and the sausages sliced on top.Remarks
As you can see, I have added sausages here (smoked), but my friend Frances from Dublin tells me that in Ireland they don't normally serve meat with colcannon, except for maybe a bit of bacon.
Nutritional information
How much will it cost?
For 4 people : 5.45 €
Per person : 1.36 €
Source: Home made.
More recipes?
This recipe use (among others) | Potato purée: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Potato and two ham gratin, Sausage with duchess potatoes and a Mont d'Or fondue , Hachis parmentier : meat with mashed potato and cheese, Salmon and Spinach Gratin, Dauphinoise potatoes with Serano ham, ... All |
 | Green cabbage: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Bacon and cabbage omelette, Winegrowers' sausage casserole, Warm scallop and cabbage salad, Coleslaw, Fisherman's Ragout, ... All |
| Sausage: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Sausages with baked beans, French style, Duo of slow-cooked pork, Roscoff loaf, ... All |
| Spring onion (scallion): You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Mushroom and artichoke omelette, Corn salad with croutons, Crunchy spring salad, Sautéed green vegetables, Salmon "en papillote" with small vegetables, ... All |
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