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.
17,5584.5/5 for 11 ratings
Grade this recipe: Last modified on: April 23th 2017
For 4 people, you will need:
- 0
500 g green cabbage - 1
250 g sausage - 2
100 g spring onion (scallion) - 3
50 g butter - 4
700 g potato purée - 5
chives - 6
salt - 7
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. |
At what time?
- When will I finish if I start the recipe at a certain time?
When should I start for the recipe to be ready at a certain time?
Keeping:
A few days in the fridge, covered with plastic film.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.
Nutritional information
| Whole recipe | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 2,604 Kcal or 10,902 Kj | 51 gr | 121 gr | 216 gr |
| 130 % | 19 % | 11 % | 33 % |
| Per 100 g | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 163 Kcal or 682 Kj | 3 gr | 8 gr | 14 gr |
| 8 % | 1 % | 1 % | 2 % |
| Per person | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 651 Kcal or 2,726 Kj | 13 gr | 30 gr | 54 gr |
| 33 % | 5 % | 3 % | 8 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 4 people : 5.41 €
- Per person : 1.35 €
Note : These prices are only approximate.
Source
Home made.More recipes?
This recipe uses (among others) | Potato purée: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Dauphinoise potatoes with Serano ham, Chicken Brussels pie, Salmon and Spinach Gratin, Fried rillettes, Sausage with duchess potatoes and a Mont d'Or fondue , ... All |
 | Green cabbage: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Fish petals, vegetables julienne, and beurre blanc, Veal Chop With Assortment of Vegetables, Warm scallop and cabbage salad, Cabbage julienne with ham, Coleslaw, ... All |
| Sausage: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Duo of slow-cooked pork, Stuffed mushrooms au gratin, Roscoff loaf, Sausages with baked beans, French style, Roscoff salad, ... All |
| Spring onion (scallion): You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Purple artichokes braised in white wine, Spring veal sauté , Quick prawn curry, Super-green, super-thrifty soup, Tagliatelle with cockles, ... All |
Other recipes you may also like
Passion fruit jellies
Usually to make fruit jellies or (fruit "paste"), it's like jam but you need to cook fruit pulp and sugar much longer. Unfortunately, this long cooking is bad for both vitamins and flavour. In this recipe we use a special jam gelling agent, to reduce cooking time as much as possible .88,3244/5 for 8 ratings 2 hours 30 min.
4 pears salad with vanilla
It's a very easy recipe, everything depends on the choice of differents kinds of pears all fully ripe, to give a delicious contrast in the mouth.63,4864.2/5 for 20 ratings 37 min.
Chocolate mousse
Here is a simple quick recipe for chocolate mousse. It is just necessary to be careful at the final stage, when mixing the melted chocolate and the beaten egg-whites.96,6893.7/5 for 3 ratings 40 min.
French croissants
In this famous and highly technical recipe from a piece of yeast-based flaky dough we are going to cut and shape ("roll") croissants.107,518 34.6/5 for 8 ratings 2 hours 34 min.
Apricot and almond cream tart
Half apricots arranged on a thin layer of almond cream.71,7904.1/5 for 16 ratings 1 hour 45 min.
News list of cooking-ez.com
Sign up to receive the latest recipes (next batch due to be sent on 2021-01-24)
Note: We'll never share your email with anyone else.
Follow this recipe
If you are interested in this recipe, you can "follow" it, by entering your email address here. You will then receive a notification immediately each time the recipe is modified or a new comment is added. Please note that you will need to confirm this following.Note: We'll never share your email with anyone else.
Alternatively: you can subscribe to the mailing list of cooling-ez.com , you will receive a e-mail for each new recipe published on the site.
Post your comment or question