{"id":7976,"date":"2026-09-28T20:52:33","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T20:52:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/?p=7976"},"modified":"2026-09-28T20:52:33","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T20:52:33","slug":"irish-colcannon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/28\/irish-colcannon\/","title":{"rendered":"Irish Colcannon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Irish Colcannon<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A classic Irish comfort food made with creamy mashed potatoes, tender cabbage, butter, and green onions. Simple, hearty, and incredibly comforting!<\/p>\n<h3>Ingredients<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>2 lbs potatoes, peeled and cut into chunks<\/li>\n<li>4 cups chopped green cabbage<\/li>\n<li>4 tbsp butter, plus more for serving<\/li>\n<li>\u00bd cup whole milk or heavy cream<\/li>\n<li>3\u20134 green onions, thinly sliced<\/li>\n<li>1 tsp salt, or to taste<\/li>\n<li>\u00bd tsp black pepper<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Instructions<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Place the potatoes in a large pot, cover with salted water, and bring to a boil. Cook for 15\u201320 minutes, or until fork-tender.<\/li>\n<li>Meanwhile, melt 1 tablespoon of butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Add the cabbage and cook for 5\u20137 minutes, until tender.<\/li>\n<li>Drain the potatoes well and return them to the pot. Mash until smooth.<\/li>\n<li>Warm the milk or cream with the remaining butter, then gradually add it to the mashed potatoes.<\/li>\n<li>Fold in the cooked cabbage and sliced green onions. Season with salt and black pepper.<\/li>\n<li>Serve hot with an extra pat of butter melting in the center.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Tip:<\/strong> For extra flavor, add a little chopped fresh parsley or crispy bacon before serving.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Irish Colcannon A classic Irish comfort food made with creamy mashed potatoes, tender cabbage, butter, and green onions. Simple, hearty,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7977,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7976","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recipe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7976","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7976"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7976\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7978,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7976\/revisions\/7978"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7977"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}