Fabulous Colcannon (mashed Potatoes And Cabbage)

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 3 pounds potatoes, peeled and cut into chunks
• 1/4 cup milk
• 2 tablespoons mayonnaise
• 1/4 cup unsalted butter
• 4 slices bacon, chopped
• 1 onion, diced
• 1 clove garlic, minced
• 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 1/2 head cabbage, sliced into thin strips
• 1/2 cup water
• salt and ground black pepper to taste
• 2 cups fully cooked ham, cut into bite-size pieces

Recipe

Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 35 mins Ready Time: 1 hr 5 mins


• 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.