Irish Champ Mashed Potato Recipe
An Original Recipe by Lorraine Elliott
Recipe Overview
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 30 minutes
Serves: 4-6 as a side dish
Ingredients Needed
- 1kg/2.2lbs potatoes
- 2 tablespoons salt
- 1 cup/250ml/8.8fl ozs milk
- 1 cup/50g/1.7oz chopped spring onions/green scallions, tops
- 45g/1.oz butter plus 3-4 squares butter
- Salt and pepper for seasoning
Step-By-Step Instructions
Step 1 POTATOES - Peel potatoes and place in a pot with water. Add the 2 tablespoons of salt and bring to a boil. Simmer until tender. Once they're tender and mashable turn off the heat.
Step 2 MILK - In a small saucepan gently heat the milk and butter and stir in the spring onions and cook for 1 minute until soft.
Step 3 MASH - Drain and mash the potatoes using a potato ricer (for finer texture) or masher (for rougher texture). Stir in the milk in two lots. Season with additional salt and pepper. Scoop into a bowl and add squares of butter.
Personal Note
I have a routine at night if I am staying in (and now that it's winter I love staying in!) and that's watching tv in bed and once I am ready to go to sleep I do some scrolling on tiktok. I know that every sleep expert tells you that that is the last thing you should do but it works for me and I sleep well every night so if it isn't broke I don't want to fix it.
I learned a couple of things last night when scrolling. The first is apparently I am not the only one that when I make a sandwich for Mr NQN and it looks really good I cut out some of the centre so that I can have a mini sandwich! I love a sneaky little mini sandwich and this works really well with sourdough rather than square bread ;)
I also learned that I am the girly that puts my car in reverse to have a look at the reverse camera to see how I parked and to check my parking!
So tell me Dear Reader, do you do either of those things? Do you go out less during winter? And have you ever tried champ?