Boxty

Boxty on the griddle,
boxty in the pan,
If you can't make boxty,
you'll never get your man

Ingredients:

8 oz/ 250 g/ 1 cup raw potato

8 oz/ 250 g/ 1 cup mashed potato
(If none left over from last nights Supper a new batch will have to be made)

8 oz/ 250 g/ 2 cups plain flour

1 tsp baking powder

A pinch of salt

knob of butter, melted

1/4 pt/ 125 ml/ 1/2 cup milk

Method:

Grate the raw potatoes into a bowl. Then mix the grated and mashed potatoes. Sieve the dry ingredients and mix in along with the melted butter. Add a little milk if necessary to make a pliable dough. Knead lightly on a floured surface. Form large, flat cakes. Mark each into quarters but do not cut right through, and bake on a griddle or in a heavy pan.