This delicious and creamy St. Patrick's potatoes recipe from Bord Bia is the ultimate comfort food and one for the repertoire as the big day approaches!

This dish is very rich so our top tip is to remember that a little goes a long way. Plus the trick is to cook the potatoes very slowly so that the cream doesn’t curdle.

St Patrick’s potatoes recipe

Serves: 6-8 people

Time: 1.5 hours

Ingredients

  • 1kg medium-sized potatoes
  • 1 large garlic clove, finely chopped
  • 100g well-flavored farmhouse cheese
  • Salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • 300ml milk
  • 300ml double cream

Method 

Preheat the oven to gas mark 1, 140ºC (275ºF). 

Peel the potatoes and cut them into thin slices. Overlap one-third of the slices over the base of a buttered 2.¼ liter shallow ovenproof dish and sprinkle with half the chopped garlic, one-third of the grated cheese and some salt and pepper.

Repeat the layers once more, then finish with a final layer of neatly overlapped potatoes.

Warm the milk and cream together in a pan with a little more seasoning to taste. Pour over the potatoes and sprinkle with the remaining cheese.

Bake for approximately 1½ hours until the potatoes are tender when pierced with the tip of a knife.

Cover very loosely with a sheet of foil part-way through cooking after the top has become nicely golden.

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* Originally published in 2021, updated in Feb 2024.