Irish Roast Beef, Boxty and Veggies

Felt like cooking some Irish food yesterday randomly. Specifically, I really wanted to cook Boxty which is an Irish potato pancake. It pairs well with a nice hunk of roast beef. Now I'm not normally one to make roast beef, or any type of beef, but when you want a nice hearty meal it does the trick.

Roast Beef
Making roast beef is easy. I like to trim off as much fat as possible instead of letting it drip down into the meet. So, after that's trimmed, cut small slits and put in 2-5 cloves of garlic, depending on how much you like garlic. Sprinkle with coarse sea salt and fresh ground pepper. Drizzle with olive oil. Put in oven at 375 for 20 minutes. Then 250 until it reaches internal temp of 130-140, about 1-2 hours.

Boxty
Take one russet potato, boil. Take another russet potato, skin and grate. After boiled potato is done, mash and mix with grated raw potato. Add 3-4 cups flour & 2 beaten eggs. MIx well. Then add just enough milk to make the mixture runny enough to be spooned into a pan. Thicker mixture equals thicker pancakes and vice-versa. Take a pan, put just enough olive oil in it to coat the bottom. Spoon mixture onto pan and let cook for 3-5 minutes each side depending on thickness.

Sauteed Cabbage
Shred one green cabbage. Put in large frying pan with olive oil, vinegar, salt, pepper, and other desired spices. Cook al dente. I like extra vinegar.

Steamed Veggies
Take zucchini, yellow zucchini, broccoli and carrots. Slice and put in steamer. Cook until al dente. Mix with salt, pepper and the thinnest slice of butter you can muster. You should not be able to taste the butter, but it provides some richness.

I have enough of this to last me all week.