Ireland's Potato Pancake

Dear Ireland,

Drive the Antrim coast on a grey morning — sixty million years of basalt stacked into steps at the Giant's Causeway, Dunluce Castle clinging to its cliff, the road curling on toward Bushmills — and sooner or later you arrive somewhere hungry. In the kitchens of the north, that hunger was answered with boxty: grated potato, a hot griddle, and a smell that means you're home. This one's for everyone who loves both the wild coast and the warm kitchen at the end of it.

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Boxty is the north of Ireland on a plate: grated raw potato, mashed potato and a little flour, cooked golden on a griddle until the edges crisp. There’s an old rhyme — *”Boxty on the griddle, boxty in the pan; if you can’t make boxty, you’ll never get a man”* — and once you taste it fresh off the heat with a knob of butter, you’ll understand why families guarded their version so fiercely. Have you made boxty, or did your granny have a trick to it? Hit reply and tell us your secret ingredient.

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Boxty came from the griddle; these come from the oven, and the smell alone is worth the effort. Soft, spiced and glossy with a sticky glaze, homemade hot cross buns are a small ceremony of a bake — and once you’ve made your own, the shop-bought ones will never quite do again.

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