{"id":847,"slug":"colcannon","title":"Colcannon","description":"Colcannon is a rich mashed potato dish with cabbage, butter, and other ingredients. It's very easy to make and is a nice change from ordinary mashed potatoes. Its sloppiness is balanced by the crunch of the cabbage, and it should taste a little peppery.","ingredients_raw":["450 g potatoes (floury Maris Piper or Golden Wonders are best; leave skin on if you want)","150 ml single cream","Mace","Ground paprika","450 g white or savoy shredded cabbage","2 small leeks or 1 bunch of spring onion tops, chopped","125 g unsalted butter","200 g mature Gouda cheese, grated","Salt","Pepper"],"ingredients_norm":["potato","light cream","mace","ground paprika","white or savoy shredded cabbage","leeks or bunch of spring onion top","unsalted butter","mature gouda cheese","salt","pepper"],"steps":["Boil or steam the potatoes until soft, then shake the drained spuds in a deep pot with the lid on, until they crumble.","Mash the crumbled potatoes up with a fork and season with the salt, pepper, and mace/paprika, before stirring in the cream.","Add 100 g of the butter in pieces and put the lid back on, leaving the butter to melt, then stir. Transfer the mix to a clean bowl.","Blanch the cabbage in boiling water for 2 minutes and drain.","Fry the leeks in the remaining butter for a few minutes, then add the cabbage and toss around for a few more minutes.","Spoon the cabbage into the bowl and mix with the mashed potatoes.","Stir the gouda into the mix, leaving a little to coat the top. Put the bowl in an oven on 2/3 heat for 20 minutes or until the cheese is melted."],"categories":["Potato recipes","Scottish recipes","Irish recipes","Recipes using potato","Recipes using butter","Recipes using light cream","Recipes using leek"],"prep_time_minutes":null,"cook_time_minutes":null,"total_time_minutes":null,"servings":null,"yield_text":null,"difficulty":"medium","source_name":"wikibooks","source_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Colcannon","source_ref":"4511096","authors_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook:Colcannon&action=history","license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","extraction_confidence":null,"content_hash":"d84a77d37f1eb11c08e67525f2f1aad745366f30a4a48593e06c5b2792c08395","created_at":"2026-08-02T14:42:59Z","updated_at":"2026-08-02T14:42:59Z","notice":null,"url":"https://recipecontextprotocol.com/recipes/colcannon"}