Long before it became fashionable as a superfood, kale was a traditional part of Halloween celebrations. Try these tasty colcannon cakes at your Halloween party.
Serves 4 persons
Cooking time: 15 minutes
- Remove and hard stalks from the kale.
- Bring a pot of water to the boil, add the kale and let it simmer for 5-10 minutes until tender.
- Drain it and then blot it with some kitchen paper to get rid of as much water as you can.
- In a large bowl, mix together the kale, mashed potato, egg, flour, garlic and grated cheese.
- Add some salt and pepper.
- Heat your frying pan to a medium-to high heat and add the butter.
- Put some flour on a plate and start to make little cakes from the potato mixture.
- Dip each cake in some flour and pop it on the pan.
- Fry on each side until golden brown and then remove them to a plate lined with kitchen paper.
- Serve with a sour cream or salsa dip.
- These are best served warm but stll work at room temperature.
Ingredients
| Butter 30 g |
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| Centra Kale 50 g finely shredded or chopped |
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| Centra Medium Free Range Eggs 1 - |
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| Centra Plain Flour 100 g add extra for coating |
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| Garlic 1 clove crushed |
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| Low Low Freshly Grated Cheese Red Medium 50 g |
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| Potato (large for baking) 500 g mashed |
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| Salt 1 pinch and pepper |
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