Yum. We always have the similar dish, champ, on boxing day. We make mash and put in the leftover sprouts (chopped up) and some spring onions. This mix is then left to brown slowly in a big frying pan. It is the highlight of the boxing day meal.

Yes. I love this dish. Sometimes I add greens to potatoes by just putting chopped greens to the hot potatoes right before I mash them, usually swiss chard or spinach, kale is a little sturdy but still good. The lazy cook in me still wants the nutrition!

I, too, found this recipe while looking for traditional Irish recipes. It is an excellent yummy dish. It reminded me of my childhood when I would mix either peas or spinach with my mashed potatoes(which is just as good. My grandmother, a granddaughter of Irish immigrants, would never make this dish, but oh how she loved mashed potatoes!

Yum! I made a potato & greens torte once, this looks like a softer version of that. Delicious.

I never knew this had a name until a friend had it in a New-Wave Irish Pub(meaning it's "charm" is planned, not natural like a neighborhood bar/pub). We used to just mash together the boiled potatoes, cabbage and carrots we got with our corned beef right on our plate.And of course we added lots of butter.Learned that from the owner of the Irish bar I grew up nextdoor to. I miss hearing the pipers and smelling cabbage boiling all month long...

Irish comfort food would be welcome on a chilly and rainy weekend in northern France! I'll be off to the Sunday public market tomorrow morning to buy some kale to make this recipe for lunch with an Irish friend whom I know will love it!

This looks absolutely delicious. I make mashed potatoes pretty regularly, but I've never done anything exciting with them, so this is giving me fresh inspiration!

What meat do you typically like to make the potatoes with?

They'll go with anything that would normally go with mashed potatoes. ~Elise

This is fabulous! I added parsnips and leeks and a touch of sour cream with the milk. OMG - will repeat this! Thanks for St. Pat's dishes. I'm hoping for more - trying to make something authentically Irish every day this week.

Oh, I love mash potatoes! This is a good way to get rid of all the collard greens that is taking over my yard. I'm going to make this with honey baked ham and some green bean casserole for dinner this weekend! Yummy!

See I didn't know this would be traditionally Irish! Mirjam is already mentioning it on the top of the comments, but it looks a lot like our traditional 'stamppot' here in the Netherlands!

You can also make this with saurkraut instead of kale or regular cabbage. Drain or rinse the kraut depending on how sour you like it. Yum!

Hadn't had mashed potatoes for awhile and was craving them. Then I saw this recipe. What?? I can add greens to them? I was sold. I made it last night with spinach and pancetta - reduced the butter a bit to account for the fat - and shallots because those were on hand. It was great. Will follow the recipe when I have a chance to get to the store.

Just to know: the author of "The country cooking of Ireland" is named Colman, not Coleman...
lovely recipe btw
Martina

Thanks for the correction! ~Elise

I'll be honest. I made the corned beef and cabbage plus the soda bread for dinner, and I had some kale and cream in the fridge, so I decided to be a good sport and try this out. I fully expected to hate it, but it was the best part of the meal! (well, how could it not be, with all that butter and half-and-half?) What i really liked was the subtle green onion flavor though.

It made more than the four of us could eat, so I've got the leftovers waiting for meatloaf. Thanks again for a delicious treat!

I made this last night with kale and it was wonderful. My daughter said that she liked it better than American mashed potatoes. I could not wait to attack the leftovers this morning.

I'm not Dutch, neither Irish, just old plain French Canadian and a mash potatoes lover and start to add cooked swiss chard with oignons and spice to my mashed potatoes, my mom always did with carrots, I thought I could do it with any vegies I like, little to know that this is a recipe in other countries.
I may just start using the name now :)

I made this St. Patricks day - although I basically just made mashed potatoes then mixed in the sautéed cabbage and green onions. (I separated some mashed potatoes for my 3 year old who refuses to eat food mixed together). I am a HUGE potato fan, and this is one of the most delicious ways I've eaten them. The green onions totally made this dish for me. I also made an Irish stew and used that rather than the butter in the middle of the potatoes. Yummy!!!

Best mashed potatoes I have ever had, and my guests agreed. I used Swiss Chard instead of Kale and lots of Irish butter.

Elise, I made this for St. Patrick's day and enjoyed the twist on regular potatoes. I like how adding something as healthful as kale really added to the dish, and having genuine Irish fare at our meal.

This was so good! Never tried kale before, the color is lovely and so creamy. Can't possibly wait a year to make it , I think is going on the regular rotation. And I want to try something similar other veg, I bet it would be delicious with asparagus (for those of us with way too much asparagus!!)

Here's a Dutchie living in Ohio. I'm repeating the dutch responses. Very common in Holland, not only with kale but also with carrots and onions called "Hutspot". Nothing fancy, just weekly meals especially eaten in the Winter.
Also great, with endive (not Belgian though!) and little pieces of bacon mmm..!

This was delicious! I visited Ireland last spring, wondering how the food experience would be because everyone had told me their food was rather bland. But, like the colcannon, Ireland has the BEST comfort food! I gained about five pounds while I was there.

Parsnip is a must for me - that is the flavour of colcannon. Other counties in Ireland wouldn't agree, everyone has their own variation.

This sure takes me back, when my Irish grandmother made a similar dish every St Patrick's Day. I often make it in the winter with Guinness Beef. Nana's version went like this: saute diced Irish bacon (or any lean, thick-sliced bacon) in Irish butter (I use Kerrygold) until fairly crisp, then add some sliced leeks and shredded Savoy cabbage. Cook until cabbage and leeks are tender and add some freshly ground black pepper and a pinch of salt. Make mashed potatoes with cream and butter, then dump everything from the skillet into the potatoes and stir well. I've used regular cabbage, as well, and even tossed in some mustard greens (with the cabbage), and my family loves it all. This is a very forgiving dish, so onions, leeks, or scallions all work well, as do different greens, depending on your preference. My friends in England make a similar dish called Bubble & Squeak, primarily potatoes and cabbage as a base and then tossing in leftover cooked veggies and sometimes ham or bacon. However you make it, it's a soul-warming dish. Try to use European butter if you can. It makes a tremendous difference.

This is a favorite in our house (with cabbage) except we mix left over ham in with it. Try it. YUM!