While planning your St Patrick’s Day menu don’t forget about breakfast! Start St Patrick’s Day off right with some boxty, an Irish style potato pancakes! Boxty is great all by itself, I mean what’s not to love about potato pancakes that are fried until golden brown and crispy on the outside and soft and warm on the inside, but why not suff them full of some thing tasty like sausage and a guinness mushroom and onion gravy? The pancakes themselves are super easy to make, consisting of shredded potato, mashed potatoes, flour and milk (I like to add cheese!) that is mixed and then cooked just like any other pancake! The gravy is also pretty easy to make where you simply saute some onions and mushrooms, add Guinness, dijon mustard and Worcestershire sauce to make the gravy and you’re good to go! This would be a great dinner or breakfast and since I’m thinking breakfast I would be remiss if I did not top it with a fried egg with a runny yolk! I don’t know about you but I can’t think of a better way to start St Patrick’s Day than with these boxty stuffed with bangers in a guinness mushroom and onion gravy!
That boxty stuffed with bangers in a guinness mushroom and onion gravy looks really lonely without a fried egg!
What a beautiful runny egg yolk!
Boxty (Irish Potato Pancakes) with Bangers in a Guinness Mushroom and Onion Gravy
Irish style potato pancakes stuffed with sausage in a tasty Guinness mushroom and onion sauce!
ingredients
- 1 pound sausage (Irish or English bangers if you can get them)
- 1 tablespoon oil
- 1 large onion, sliced
- 8 ounces mushrooms, sliced
- 1 clove garlic, chopped
- 1 teaspoon thyme, chopped
- 2 tablespoons flour (or rice flour for gluten-free)
- 1 (12 ounce) bottle Guinness (or 1 1/2 cups beef broth)
- 1 tablespoon dijon mustard
- 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar
- 1 cup potato, grated
- 1 cup mashed potatoes
- 1 cup flour (or rice flour for gluten-free)
- 1 cup milk (or buttermilk)*
- salt and pepper to taste
- butter or oil for frying
For the bangers in a guinness mushroom and onion gravy:
For the boxty:
directions
- Heat the oil in a pan over medium high heat.
- Add the sausage and cook until golden brown, about 2-4 minutes per side, and set them aside, slicing them as desired.
- Add the onions and mushrooms and saute until tender, about 5-7 minutes.
- Add the garlic and thyme and saute until fragrant, about a minute.
- Sprinkle in the flour and let it cook for a minute.
- Add the Guinness, mustard, Worcestershire sauce and brown sugar along with the sausage and simmer for 10 minutes.
- Mix the grated potatoes, mashed potatoes, flour and enough milk to make a nice thick pancake like batter.
- Heat the butter in a pan over medium heat, add the batter and cook until golden brown on both sides, about 4 minutes per side.
For the bangers in a guinness mushroom and onion gravy:
For the boxty:
Option: Add chopped herbs to the pancakes!
Option: Top with fried egg!
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Maria says
Wow, that is a tasty plate!
Heather Christo says
Yum!! I have never heard of Boxty but now I have to try it!
Cary Hill says
Kevin, sounds great and I can't wait to try it with all of your suggested options. Thanks for continuing to bring great and interesting recipes to your readers.
Ana says
I’ve never cooked Irish food before, so this was a fun learning experience. The potato pancake came out great, and I added the optional cheese and egg which took it to the next level. I also used German bratwurst instead of English or Irish bangers because it was all I could find at the moment. Hopefully, I can find them next time because they might have very different flavors. I will also be trying it out with beef broth next time as I’m not a big stout fan to begin with. Looking forward to making this again
Angela says
followed recipe to a T it was awful the onion gravy was so bad tasting my husband didn’t even eat it ,and he eats everything