Potato Cheesy Ale and Cheddar Colcannon

What better way to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day than cooking up some dishes with the vegetable most associated with the Irish - the potato of course!
Course Side Dish

Ingredients
  

  • 6 large Potatoes
  • 1/4 lb smoked bacon, chopped
  • 1/2 head green cabbage
  • 1/4 lb butter
  • 1 cup half and half
  • 8 oz smoked cheddar cheese shredded
  • 1 bunch green onions diced
  • 6 oz ale
  • 2 sprigs rosemary

Instructions
 

  • Peel potatoes and cut into ¼-inch thick slices and place in boiling water until potatoes are soft.
  • While the potatoes are cooking, dice the bacon into 1/8-inch pieces and cook in a saute pan until crispy. Add the cabbage. Cook until cabbage becomes soft.
  • Drain the potatoes. In a mixing bowl, mash potatoes and add butter, half and half, cheese and green onions. Fold in the ale, as well as the bacon and cabbage mixture.
  • Garnish with rosemary sprigs.

Notes

Source: idahopotato.com
Keyword Potato, Potato Salad
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