Mashed Potatoes With Bacon Cabbage Onions Food

DIANE'S COLCANNON

Steps:

• Place potatoes in a saucepan with enough water to cover. Bring to a boil, and cook for 15 to 20 minutes, until tender.
• Place bacon in a large, deep skillet. Cook over medium high heat until evenly brown. Drain, reserving drippings, crumble and set aside. In the reserved drippings, saute the cabbage and onion until soft and translucent. Putting a lid on the pan helps the vegetables cook faster.
• Drain the cooked potatoes, mash with milk and season with salt and pepper. Fold in the bacon, cabbage, and onions, then transfer the mixture to a large serving bowl. Make a well in the center, and pour in the melted butter. Serve immediately.

FABULOUS COLCANNON (MASHED POTATOES AND CABBAGE)

Steps:

• Place potatoes into a large pot and cover with salted water. Bring to a boil, set heat to medium-low, and simmer until tender, about 20 minutes. Drain potatoes and transfer to a large mixing bowl.
• Stir milk, mayonnaise, and butter into potatoes. Mash with a potato masher until smooth.
• Cook and stir bacon in a large skillet over medium heat until fat is rendered, 3 to 5 minutes.
• Stir onion, garlic, and cayenne pepper into bacon and drippings and cook, stirring often, until onions are translucent, about 5 minutes.
• Stir cabbage and water into onion mixture until cabbage is wilted, about 5 more minutes. Season with salt and black pepper.
• Fold cabbage mixture into mashed potatoes.
• Cook and stir ham pieces in the same skillet used for cabbage mixture until lightly browned, 3 to 5 minutes.
• Stir cooked ham into mashed potato and cabbage mixture until combined.

COLCANNON RECIPE (CABBAGE AND POTATOES)

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Cook potatoes 12-15 minutes or until fork tender.
• If using white onion, dice into ½-inch pieces. If using leeks, cut off the dark greens and discard. Thinly slice the whites and light green parts, rinse well. Set aside. Cut cabbage into 1-inch pieces.
• Meanwhile, if using, cook bacon in a large skillet until crisp. Set aside to cool, reserve drippings.
• Add 1 tablespoon of butter to the bacon drippings. If you are not using bacon, add 3 tablespoons of butter to a large skillet.
• Cook onion or leeks and cabbage over medium heat in the drippings or butter until onion is translucent and cabbage is tender.
• Once cooked, drain the potatoes and place them back into the warm pot. Mash potatoes with a potato masher adding cream and ¼ cup butter as needed. Season with salt and pepper.
• Gently fold together mashed potatoes, cabbage & onions. Top with additional melted butter if desired and crumbled bacon if using.

CABBAGE WITH BACON & ONIONS

Steps:

• Fry the onion in butter for 2 mins, then add the bacon and cook for a few mins more until golden.
• Stir in the cabbage and boiling water. Cook for 2 mins over a medium heat until wilted, then cover, turn the heat to low and cook for another 5 mins.
• Uncover and stir well; the cabbage should have a little colour. If not, increase the heat and cook for a few moments more. Season to taste.

CABBAGE AND BACON MASHED POTATOES

Steps:

• In a large skillet cook bacon over moderate heat until crisp and with a slotted spoon transfer to paper towels to drain. Add cabbage to bacon fat in skillet and cook, stirring occasionally, until golden, about 5 minutes. Add water and simmer until evaporated and cabbage is tender. Add bacon and season with salt and pepper. Stir mixture into potatoes.

CREAMY MASHED POTATOES WITH CABBAGE

Steps:

• Place potatoes in a 6-qt. stockpot; add water to cover. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cook, uncovered, 20-25 minutes or until tender., Meanwhile, in a large saucepan, combine cabbage, onion and 1/4 cup water; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, covered, 10-12 minutes or until tender. Drain potatoes; return to pan. Mash potatoes, gradually adding milk, butter, salt and pepper. Drain cabbage; stir into potato mixture.