Champ — Print Recipe — The Culinary Codex

Fluffy mashed potatoes folded with chopped spring onions and a generous pool of melted butter in the center — pure Irish comfort.

Ingredients

1 Boil potatoes in salted water until completely tender, about 20 min. Drain well and return to the pot.
2 Meanwhile, gently heat milk with spring onions in a small saucepan for 3-4 min. Do not boil.
3 Mash the potatoes until smooth. Beat in the warm milk and spring onion mixture and half the butter.
4 Season generously with salt and white pepper.
5 Serve mounded in bowls with a well pressed into the top. Drop remaining butter into the well and let it melt.
6 Each forkful is dipped into the pool of melted butter.

Did You Know?

On Halloween, champ was traditionally made with coins, rings, and thimbles hidden inside — finding a ring meant marriage within the year.