Irish Herb Scones Potato Pancakes Recipes

IRISH POTATO SCONES

Steps:

• Mash potatoes well, add real butter and salt.
• Add as much flour as potatoes will take without becoming too dry.
• Turn out onto a floured board, roll until ¼ inch in thickness.
• Cut into circles, approximately 2½" in diameter.
• Prick all over with a fork.
• Cook on a hot dry griddle or heavy pan dusted with a little flour.
• When they brown with small darker spots appearing, they are cooked.
• Serve hot off the griddle with maple syrup, golden syrup, honey or butter.
• Wrap uneaten scones in greaseproof paper and refrigerate.
• Reheat cold scones by frying them in bacon fat until crisp, and serve with bacon and eggs - delicious!
• *Flour amount varies according to the type of potato used.
• For Vegetarian omit the bacon fat. Do not refry in Bacon fat to reheat for Vegetarian. And you might want to serve it with Vegetarian bacon not real bacon.

TATTIE SCONES (POTATO SCONES OR POTATO CAKES)

Steps:

• Put the peeled and chopped potatoes in to a pot and cover them with boiling water. Bring back to the boil and simmer for around twenty-five minutes until they are soft. Drain them well and return them to the empty pot.
• Add the butter to the potatoes and mash them thoroughly before adding the sieved flour in two or three stages, stirring well with a wooden spoon. When the mixture has come together to form a dough, cover and allow to cool.
• Lightly flour a chopping board or clean surface and if making circular tattie scones as I have done, separate the dough in to three pieces before forming each in to a ball and rolling out to a thickness of approximately 1/4". If traditional shaped tattie scones are required, simply roll out the whole piece of dough and cut in to the required shapes.
• Add a little vegetable oil to a non-stick frying-pan and bring it up to a medium heat before adding the tattie scones. Ensure that the heat is not too high or the scones will brown on the outside while still being raw and unpalatable on the inside. The tattie scones should take around three minutes on each side to cook and nicely brown.
• When the scones are ready, they can either be eaten straight from the pan, allowed to cool and enjoyed with such as butter or jam, or even re-heated at a later time as part of perhaps a traditional Scottish breakfast. They should easily keep for two or three days in an airtight container or in the refrigerator.

IRISH HERB "SCONES" (POTATO PANCAKES)

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients (*except* for the oil/butter used for frying) in a large mixing bowl.
• Heat up a skillet (cast iron this time) on medium heat. Add oil and/or butter and melt; about 1-2 tablespoons.
• Shape the potato mixture into patties. Lightly dust the potato pancakes with flour. Fry until golden brown; approximately 5 minutes. Turn over, lightly dust with more flour and cook another 5 minutes. Do not crowd the potatoes when frying. Cook in batches.
• Serve the Irish "scone" pancakes with sour cream on the side, if desired.

POTATO SCONES

Steps:

• Heat a lightly greased griddle or cast iron skillet over medium-high heat.
• Mash potatoes with flour, butter, and salt until a stiff dough forms.
• Turn dough out onto a lightly floured work surface. Knead dough lightly and roll dough out to about 1/2-inch thick. Cut into six triangular wedges.
• Working in batches, cook scones, turning once on hot griddle until golden brown, 4 to 5 minutes per side.