Irish Champ

By Addie

"One of the favorite Irish ways to serve potatoes. For a change try adding any of these:Leeks, nettles, peas, or brown crispy onions. Instead of the green onions I added frozen peas after mashing the potatoes with the hot milk and then kept the potatoes hot Looked and tasted great"

Ingredients

• 6-8 unpeeled potatoes
• 1 bunch green onions
• 1 1/2 cups milk
• 4-8 tablespoons butter
• Salt & pepper

Preparation

Step 1

Finely chop the green onions (white& green tops) and mix with the cold milk. bring slowly to a boil and simmer 3-4 minutes, turn off the heat and leave to infuse.

Peel and mash the cooked potatoes and while still hot mix with the boiled milk/green onions. Beat in some of the butter. Season with salt and pepper. Put a knob of butter on top& serve.

You can do this recipe ahead and reheat in a 350F oven, covered with foil until hot (approximately 30 minutes).
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REVIEWS:

Good mashed potatoes! They went well with the Irish pork dish we did for St. Pat's day. The recipe was easily halved for two, I did add a dash of cayenne instead of regular pepper. Thanks for sharing a good one.

Made these for St Patricks Day dinner. These were GREAT! The green onion flavor was fantastic!

Delicious and very easy! A nice twist on classic mashed potatoes! Warming the scallions in the milk gave the entire dish a subtle scallion flavor. I will definitely make this again! Thanks!

This is an amzing dish. Warming the milk (I sometimes use cream) with the green onions makes the flavor so intense. I use red potatoes and the added color of their skins is nice. I think Yukon Gold potatoes would be delicious too.