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Boxty (Irish Potato Pancake)

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Boxty is most associated with the north Midlands and border counties such as Leitrim, Cavan and Fermanagh, where it was once a staple of home cooking.

Boxty is a potato pancake made from a mix of grated raw potato, mashed potato, flour, and buttermilk, fried on a hot griddle until the edges turn crisp and lacy. Dublin food stalls roll it around fillings like bacon, sausage, or smoked salmon and sour cream for an on-the-go wrap.

Why it's made this way: An old rhyme sums up its place in Irish courtship folklore — 'Boxty on the griddle, boxty in the pan; if you can't make boxty, you'll never get a man' — a nod to how central the humble potato pancake once was to home cooking.