Name: Champ
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Irish
Ingredients: 1kg floury potatoes peeled and chopped; 50g unsalted butter; 100g spring onions trimmed and finely chopped; 100-150ml whole milk

A bowl of mashed potato with a spoon in it next to a little bowl of sliced spring onions and a blue napkin

1kg floury potatoes
peeled and chopped
50g unsalted butter
100g spring onions
trimmed and finely chopped
100-150ml whole milk

Method

step 1
Cook the potatoes in a pan of boiling salted water for 15-20 minutes or until starting to collapse when pressed against the side of the pan with a fork. Drain and leave to steam-dry for 5 minutes in the colander.
step 2
Meanwhile, melt half the butter in a small pan over a medium heat and fry the spring onions for 5 minutes until soft. Season.
step 3
Tip the potatoes back into the pan and mash well. Fold in the remaining butter and enough milk to make a smooth mash that easily falls off the spoon in dollops. Season well and fold in the fried spring onions along with any melted butter from the pan, then serve.