Potato farls
October 25th, 2007 @ 10:03Tell me something, do YOU want to be more Irish? Oh g’wan! Just admit it. Even I wish I was more Irish and I’m sure Alex wishes he was too, even though he’d never admit it and probably start muttering about the damn potato famine…
Yesterdays favourite, the potato farl is as Irish as.. potato and it’s delicious too. I’m a fan of most potato things, like crisps, thick chips, french fries and potato wedges (basically, cover it in hot fat and I’ll eat it) but I hate boiled potatoes, or mashed ones. This, however, is an acceptable kind of boiled and mashed potato.
The potato farl is also often called potato bread and it’s an important ingredients in the Ulster fry, an incredibly fatty breakfast consisting of fried potato farls, soda bread, bacon, sausages and eggs, preferably fried in lard. That’s not how I roll but I’m sure they’d be good fried… We had potato bread in England and I haven’t been able to get it out of my mind since.
Ok, recipe time!
Vegan potato farls:
- 1 kg (2 lbs) potatoes
- 3 tbsp vegan margarine
- 2 tsp salt
- 450 ml flour (just under 2 cups)
Peel and cube the potatoes. Boil until soft and then mash or use a potato ricer. Add in the margarine and salt and stir until the margarine has melted. Work in most of the flour and then knead on a floured surface. You might need more or less flour depending on the texture of your dough. You want a stiff non sticky dough. Take balls of dough and roll out to a 0.5 cm (1/4 inch) thick cake about 15 cm (6 inches) across. Sprinkle the cake with some flour. Cook in a dry pan on medium heat until both sides are golden. Flip it occasionally. Cut each cake into quarters. Makes about 10 cakes.
To fry the bread add a little oil to a pan and fry for about a minute on each side in some oil. Serve warm.
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Comment by Veg Bitch » Irländskt potatisbröd - October 25th, 2007 at 10:23 amI’d never even heard of that – cool.
Comment by jess - October 25th, 2007 at 6:42 pmI’m Irish, and have been to Ireland, but haven’t had much traditional food other than the corned beef and cabbage I may have tried when I was younger.
I have made non-traditional millet Irish soda bread..
I love potatoes in anything and everything, cooked any type of way imaginable! This recipe gets my taste buds excited!
I’m 1/6 Irish (yes, I’m a ‘mutt’) and it definitely comes through when I’m scarfing down my mashed potato, carrot and cabbage dinners!
Comment by Suzie - October 25th, 2007 at 7:58 pmI’ve never heard of farls, but it looks like a great potato flatbread.
Comment by Diann - October 26th, 2007 at 3:23 amI’ve never had potato farls before.. looks intriguing!!
Comment by VeggieGirl - October 26th, 2007 at 3:58 pmIt seems to be the air that gets whipped into the oil and soy milk that makes it emulsify and combine into a creamy perfectness. The recipe I posted uses pretty much the same method I’ve seen used for egg-based mayo, so I was skeptical myself when I saw it and thought it couldn’t be done with the milk and oil. Was I ever wrong! If you have a blender (or a mini-food processor) the trick is to have the appliance blending the milk on high and adding the oil in a thin, slow stream. When you’re done, you have vegan mayo. I haven’t tried it with a non-soy milk, but I will try something else the next time to see if I can get the same results. I have tasted almond milk in the past that I think would be just as good for this as soy (just get an unsweetened,non-vanilla kind). Let me know what happens if you try it.
By the way, I hope you’re feeling better. I’ve never dealt with SAD myself, but have known people who have been affected by it. Just take it one day at a time and be as good to yourself as you can. You deserve it
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Comment by Nicole - October 27th, 2007 at 4:26 amThat looks great :d I have never heard of that too
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Comment by Björn - October 27th, 2007 at 4:55 pmwow, that looks fabulous! and i can make it right now!
Comment by stonielove - October 27th, 2007 at 8:58 pmSounds like a cooked, elongated gnocchi. I can’t ever get enough taters, being a nice Polish girl.
Comment by Urban Vegan - October 28th, 2007 at 2:55 amUm, I need to eat that. SOON.
Comment by bazu - October 29th, 2007 at 5:01 pmJag hade aldrig hört talas om sådana hära, o jag har bott i Dublin i över 4 år, men så bara några dagar efter jag läst detta så hittade jag dem i en affär, precis när jag behövde dem. Måste säga att det var en hit, tror jag kan bli beroende…..
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Seeya!, Elin.
Those white balls, is it rice?
Comment by Przepisy - January 2nd, 2009 at 12:08 pmi am irish and i eat this all the time and it tastes so much better when you make it yourself instead of shop bought shit.
try an ulster fry they are such a hangover cure
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