Recipe: Tom Bergin’s Boxty with Summer Squash, Sweet White Corn Purée & Irish Cheddar

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Boxty with Summer Squash, Sweet White Corn Purée & Irish Cheddar…

Tom Bergin’s Boxty with Summer Squash, Sweet White Corn Purée & Irish Cheddar

For the Boxty:

2lbs russet potatoes chopped

1 cup buttermilk

1 cup milk

1 cup flour

1 egg

1 tsp baking soda

2 tsp salt

1/2 tsp black pepper

3 tbs chives chopped

Butter for cooking pancakes

1. Peel and chop potatoes , then purée in blender with 1/2 cup of buttermilk.

2. Add all dry ingredients together and mix well then add to potato mixture along with egg and milk, chives and rest of buttermilk.

3. In a 10 inch non stick pan on med high heat add 1/2 ts of butter to pan then ladle 2 oz of batter into pan and tilt pan to spread out pancake evenly . Cook on each side till golden brown about 90 seconds. Should resemble a crepe when done.

For the Sautéed Summer Squash:

3lbs of assorted summer squash cut into medium dice

3 oz of Irish butter

2 sprigs of thyme

2 cloves garlic

2 shallots sliced thin

Salt and pepper

1. Add butter to a large skillet, add garlic and shallots, sauté for 3 minutes.

2. Add thyme sprigs to skillet, then add squash and sauté till golden and just soft appx. 5-10 minutes.

Sweet White Corn Purée

3 cups shucked white corn with milk from cob included

1 tbs butter

1 tbs creme fraiche

1 tbs milk

1 tsp Salt

1/2 tsp Black pepper

1. Sauté corn with butter in a pan for 5 minutes

2. In a high powered blender purée corn with creme fraiche , milk , salt , and pepper on high for 2 minutes .

To assemble:

Place boxty on plate add sautéed summer squash to center of boxty then top with 2 oz of corn purée and some grated Irish cheddar, fold boxty over and serve.