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.
There are many different versions and ways to adapt this classic recipe. My version here serves it with baked sausages.
35K 12 4.6
Last modified on: April 23th 2017
Keywords for this recipe: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?
Time required for this recipe:
| 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.
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.
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.
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.
Keeping
A few days in the fridge, covered with plastic film.
Nutritional information
| Whole recipe | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 2,596 Kcal or 10,869 Kj | 51 gr | 121 gr | 216 gr |
| 130 % | 20 % | 11 % | 33 % |
| Per 100 g | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 162 Kcal or 678 Kj | 3 gr | 8 gr | 14 gr |
| 8 % | 1 % | 1 % | 2 % |
| Per person | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 649 Kcal or 2,717 Kj | 13 gr | 30 gr | 54 gr |
| 32 % | 5 % | 3 % | 8 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 4 people : 5.41 €
- Per person : 1.35 €
Note: Be careful, these prices are only an estimate, you can consult the table of prices by ingredients used for this estimate.
Source
Home made.
This recipe uses (among others)
 | Potato purée: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Chicken Brussels pie, Oxtail Parmentier, Two-stage beef chuck , Sausage with duchess potatoes and a Mont d'Or fondue , Welsh-style potato purée, ... All |
 | Green cabbage: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Alsatian-style salad, Scallops with cabbage julienne, How to prepare cabbage, Duet of creamed cauliflower and cabbage , Rice with spring greens, ... All |
 | Sausage: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Sausages with baked beans, French style, Roscoff loaf, Polish-style beetroot salad, Roscoff salad, Duo of slow-cooked pork, ... All |
 | Spring onion (scallion): You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Green beans with tomatoes, Summery cheese on toast, Thai-style Chicken with Cashew Nuts, Chicken with spinach in a cream sauce , Crunchy spring salad, ... All |
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