COLCANNON

This is an an old Irish recipe traditionally served with bacon pieces added, but equally delicious served alongside chicken or fish. Ingredients.......225gm of green cabbage heart, shredded, 85ml of milk, 25gm of floury potatoes diced,(sebago), 1 leek, chopped, 1/2 tsp of ground nutmeg, 15gm of butter/ marg, 1/2 tsp cracked black pepper, 125 gm of diced bacon pieces( optional). Cook the shredded cabbage in a saucepan of boiling salted water for 10 minutes. Drain and set aside. In a separate saucepan , bring the milk to the boil, add the leek and potatoes. Reduce the heat and simmer until they are cooked through. Stir in the ground nutmeg and mash the potatoes and leek together, add the bacon pieces now if you are incorporating them in the recipe. Add the drained cabbage to the potato along with the cracked pepper and mix thoroughly. Spoon the colcannon into a serving dish making a hollow in the centre with the back of a spoon. Pour the melted butter/ marg into the hollow. Serve immediately.