Colcannon Mash With Blue Cheese Recipes

Steps:

• Place the potatoes and 2 tablespoons salt in a large pot. Add enough water to cover the potatoes by at least 1 inch and bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce to a simmer until the potatoes are cooked through and fork tender, 20 to 30 minutes.
• Meanwhile, heat the half-and-half, butter, garlic, 1 teaspoon salt and 1/2 teaspoon black pepper in a small saucepan over medium heat. Bring to a simmer, then turn off then heat and set aside.
• Drain the potatoes and pass through a ricer into a large bowl. Remove the garlic from the half-and-half mixture. Stir the half-and-half mixture, cabbage, three-quarters of the green onions and salt and pepper to taste into the potatoes until combined. Top with the remaining green onions and extra pepper.

Steps:

• Place potatoes into a large pot and cover with salted water. Bring to a boil, set heat to medium-low, and simmer until tender, about 20 minutes. Drain potatoes and transfer to a large mixing bowl.
• Stir milk, mayonnaise, and butter into potatoes. Mash with a potato masher until smooth.
• Cook and stir bacon in a large skillet over medium heat until fat is rendered, 3 to 5 minutes.
• Stir onion, garlic, and cayenne pepper into bacon and drippings and cook, stirring often, until onions are translucent, about 5 minutes.
• Stir cabbage and water into onion mixture until cabbage is wilted, about 5 more minutes. Season with salt and black pepper.
• Fold cabbage mixture into mashed potatoes.
• Cook and stir ham pieces in the same skillet used for cabbage mixture until lightly browned, 3 to 5 minutes.
• Stir cooked ham into mashed potato and cabbage mixture until combined.