Irish Potato Cakes

Irish Potato Cakes are a delicious way to use up leftover mashed potatoes. If you don't have any leftover mashed potatoes, it is well worth making up a batch just for these potato cakes.

These Irish potato cakes, or potato pancakes, are creamy on the inside and crispy on the outside. They are so easy to make. You just mix some flour into prepared mashed potatoes, Scoop the mixture into a skillet, and heat them in some melted butter until the outsides are brown and crispy.

You can add an egg to the mixture if you like to bind the potatoes together. I skipped this ingredient because I used leftover mashed potatoes from the refrigerator. If you do use eggs, keep the ratio to 1 egg to every two to three cups of mashed potatoes.

These potato cakes can be made in advance, and then reheated in a lightly buttered skillet or your toaster (or regular) oven. They are quintessential Irish pub food.

My husband is Irish (from Dublin), and one of his favorite dishes was his mom's Irish potato cakes. Every time we visited his parents, his mom always made us these, and they were always such treat.

As an Irishman, he loves potatoes. The stereotype is true, at least in our house. In fact, when I made the mashed potatoes for these potato cakes and tucked them into the fridge for later, he immediately noticed them. I assured him that potato cakes were in his future as long as he kept his hands off the mashed potatoes.

These can be served plain with melted butter, or with onions, sour cream, and smoked salmon. It's up to you. I had some leftovers for breakfast with some of this homemade ketchup. Ah-maze-ing.

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Yield: 10 pancakesAuthor: Karen Kerr

Irish Potato Cakes

ingredients:

3 cups leftover mashed potatoes
1 cup flour
1 egg, optional
4 tablespoons butter
salt and pepper

instructions:

Mix the mashed potatoes with the flour.
Melt the butter in a skillet until bubbly. Scoop the potatoes with a half cup cookie scoop onto the surface of the skillet and gently press down with an oiled spatula. Sprinkle with salt and pepper.
Pan fry the potatoes for several minutes over medium low, until browned. Flip the potato cakes over, sprinkle with salt and pepper, and continue to cook until the other side has browned. Repeat with the rest of the potatoes. Serve immediately.

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