I was flipping through a cookbook I have that I have found some great recipes in before and came across this St. Patrick’s Cabbage and Potato Pie. The cookbook is The Lighthearted Cookbook brought out by the Canadian Heart Foundation.
I thought this pie was a great vegetarian option for St. Patrick’s Day. We had it as an entree but could easily be used as a side dish.
As you know if you follow our blog we do a lot of vegetarian options. I enjoy that at least once a week. It seems to take the hassle out of things too! This doesn’t taste “heart-healthy” at all. It is rich and creamy with wonderfully mild cabbage flavor.
Perfect with a big salad!! This “pie” was devoured. It will be another of our go-to St. Patrick’s Day recipes. I hope you try it too! Enjoy!!
Happy St. Patrick’s Day!!!
Cabbage and Potato Pie
Ingredients
- 1 lb. cabbage
- 4 medium potatoes
- 1/4 cup skim milk
- 1 Tbsp. margarine or butter
- Freshly ground pepper
- Paprika
Cream Sauce
- 1 1/2 Tbsp. margarine or butter
- 1 medium onion chopped
- 2 Tbsp. flour
- 1 cup skim milk
- Salt freshly ground pepper, and nutmeg to taste
Instructions
- Separate and trim cabbage leaves. Bring a large pot of water to a boil and add cabbage and cook for 5-10 min. or until tender. Drain and chop coarsely. Set aside.
- Boil potatoes in a large pot of boiling water until tender. Mash with milk, margarine, and pepper to taste.
- Preheat oven to 350F. Meanwhile to make the cream sauce, in a medium saucepan melt the margarine and add the onion and cook until translucent.
- Stir in the flour and cook for 1 min. Add the milk slowly and cook stirring for 3-5 min. until the mixture comes up to a simmer and thickens. Season with salt, pepper, and nutmeg to taste. Mix in cabbage.
- Spoon the cabbage into a 4 cup baking dish that is non-stick or spray lightly with cooking spray.
- Cover with the mashed potatoes and sprinkle with paprika. Bake for 20-30 min. or until heated through. Lightly brown under the broiler before serving.
Nutrition
Recipe adapted from The Lighthearted Cookbook by Anne Lindsay
Comments & Reviews
Maureen | Orgasmic Chef says
I’m a huge lover of colcannon so this pie would suit me perfectly. It looks really special.
Tara Noland says
Thank you so much Maureen!
Mae Newberry says
Another cabbage dish I’ve made for years doesn’t really have a name, but it’s Irish. No specific amounts are needed.
Cut cabbage head into fourths. Then start slicing it in about 1/2″ to 1″ slices from the “pointy” end. Slice up as much as you think you need or want.
In the meantime cook up as many noodles as you think you want. Drain the noodles, set aside in the cooking pot with enough butter as you think you want, just enough so they won’t stick together.
Saute the cabbage in a really big pot, little bit of salt/pepper, add a wee bit of chicken broth..1/4 to 1/2 cup until nice and limp, or to your taste. (Mother used water)
Combine the two ingredients. Sometimes my mother would grate up 1/2 an apple, and add it at the end of cooking, mixing it through. She also added the smallest bit of nutmeg.
This was a World War II recipe when we had meat rationing. However, if she had bacon, it bacon would be fried crisp, chopped up and sprinkled over the top.
It would be served with either her cornbread, or her Irish Soda Bread. It was a whole meal, WW2 style.
Tara Noland says
That is awesome Mae, I will make that soon. Thank you for sharing.
Mae Newberry says
Well!!! Such a quick response…had no idea this would be so fast. I hope you like this WW2 recipe…Things were hard back then, because we had to use ration books with the dation stamps for a lot of our food, gas, and shoes, and things I can’t recall. We also had to save all tin cans which had to be washed out, both ends taken off and put inside the can. It was my job back then to take them to the basement and step on them until they were completely flat, and put them in a cardboard box. Every couple weeks or so the “Can Truck” would pick them up and they were used for the war effort…Weapons, ammunition, planes, tanks, vehicles, ships, etc. We also had to save cooking grease in a big tin can usually kept on the counter or stove top…also used for war effort. Some uses were fuel, lubricants for mechanical uses, etc…We also had paper drives, which I can’t remember what it was used for…when you get to your mid eighties, you don’t remember everything, but I try. And thanks for your acknowledgement. P.S. I think we also saved rags, and any old used clothing or old li
nens, towels, we couldn’t use because I just remembered “The Rag Man” and his horse coming down the street, and his plaintive and moving cry of, “Rag Man!!!Rag Man Here!!!” and the clip clopping of the horse’s hooves on the street. This was probably around 1942.
Tara Noland says
Oh Mae you are fascinating with your lovely stories. Thank you so much for sharing them with myself and my readers. Times must have been so hard back then but you seemed to have had it all figured out. I have never heard of “The Rag Man” before, never knew that existed. Bless you and have a great evening!!
Maureen | Orgasmic Chef says
I’m a huge lover of colcannon so this pie would suit me perfectly. It looks really special.
jill says
This sounds like a wonderfully comforting dish! I can hardly wait to give it a try next Tuesday 🙂
Tara Noland says
Enjoy Jill, Happy St. Patrick’ Day!!
jill says
This sounds like a wonderfully comforting dish! I can hardly wait to give it a try next Tuesday 🙂
Nicole Neverman says
This sounds SO good! And that cream sauce especially!
Tara Noland says
Thank you so much Nicole!
Cindy @ Hun... What's for Dinner? says
OMG, I love cabbage and potatoes. This looks fabulous.
Tara Noland says
Love St. Patrick’s Day meals myself, thanks Cindy!
Joanne T Ferguson says
G’day Tara and what a warm and welcoming dish for St. Patrick’s Day and throughout the year! YUM!
Cheers! Joanne
Noshing with the Nolands says
Thanks so much for coming over Joanne!!
Joanne/WineLady Cooks says
The cabbage and potato pie sounds delicious. It definitely is a wonderful comfort food dish. Thanks so much for sharing and enjoy your vegetarian options also.
Joanne
Noshing with the Nolands says
Thanks so much Joanne!! Have a great weekend!!
Janette@culinaryginger says
Being a meat and potatoes Brit girl, this is a perfect dish for me 🙂
Noshing with the Nolands says
Thanks so much for coming over Janette!
Linda (Meal Planing Maven) says
What a beautiful dish! My family will just love it! Pinned and G+’ed too!
Noshing with the Nolands says
You are the best Linda, thank you!!
Debi @ Life Currents says
This looks great! So warm and comforting! Pinned as well. Thanks for sharing your recipe!
Noshing with the Nolands says
Thanks so much Debi for coming over!! So glad you liked it!!
Joanne/WineLady Cooks says
The cabbage and potato pie sounds delicious. It definitely is a wonderful comfort food dish. Thanks so much for sharing and enjoy your vegetarian options also.
Joanne
Janette@culinaryginger says
Being a meat and potatoes Brit girl, this is a perfect dish for me 🙂