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Colcannon with spring onion butter

Serves 8

Difficulty Easy

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cooking Time 15 minutes

Ingredients

2 kg large potatoes, peeled and quartered
sea salt, to taste
250 g Woolworths streaky wood-smoked bacon
250 g Kerrygold butter, softened
½ Savoy cabbage, cut into large chunks
1/2 cup full-cream milk
2 spring onions, finely sliced
freshly ground black pepper, to taste

Method

1. Place the potatoes into a large saucepan of cold, salted water and bring to the boil over a high heat.

2. Once boiling, cook for 8–10 minutes, or until soft. Drain and return to the pan to steam for 5 minutes.

3. Meanwhile, place the bacon on a baking sheet in a preheated oven at 200°C for 5–8 minutes, or until slightly crispy.

4. Heat 4 T butter in a small saucepan until nutty and brown. Place the cabbage in an air-fryer and drizzle with the butter.

5. Cook for 10–12 minutes at 200°C, or until slightly charred and soft.

6. Mash the potatoes with the milk and 4 T butter. Season well with salt. Stir the cabbage through the mash.

7. Mix the remaining butter with the spring onions. Spoon the colcannon into a serving dish and dollop with the spring onion butter. Add the roughly torn bacon and season generously with black pepper.

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Food production: Marcelle Van Rooyen

Food assistant: Bianca Jones

Photography: Shavan Rahim

Videography: Romy Wilson

Renowned for its rich, creamy texture and golden colour, Kerrygold premium Irish butter is every cook and baker’s dream. Produced from the milk of grass-fed cows grazing on Ireland's lush pastures, its superior quality and taste is unmatched. With a higher butterfat content resulting in a more indulgent flavour, it’s the key ingredient in this colcannon, and everyone's butter of choice. Once you taste the difference that Kerrygold authentic Irish pasture-raised butter makes, you'll understand why it has earned a devoted following of food enthusiasts who refuse to settle for anything less.