Kiss me, I’m cooking! Lá Fhéile Pádraig is both a celebration and a religious day throughout Ireland–and for those of us with Éire in our veins. Try a few of these amazing recipes and count yourself luckier than most.
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Homemade Corned Beef
Homemade corned beef is crazy easy to make. It's essentially brisket that's given a makeover by letting it linger in an easy brine with spices and then slowly braised until falling-apart tender. Here's how to make it (including a slow-cooker variation).
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This Irish soda bread is very close to traditional with the exception of using pantry-friendly yogurt instead of buttermilk. It also includes whole-wheat flour and walnuts and has incredible flavor, keeps well, and goes with everything from soup to jam. Here’s how to make it.
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Colcannon is so much more than mere cabbage and potatoes. Still not convinced? Taste this version with kale and bacon and beer and get back to us. A twist on the traditional Irish dish. Excellent for St. Patrick’s Day.
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This Guinness and ice cream float, made with stout and vanilla ice cream is kind of like a root beer float for adults.
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These twice-baked potatoes with corned beef are potato jackets stuffed with fluffy mashed potatoes, Cheddar cheese, and corned beef. Perfect for dinner on its own or as a side.
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This beef and Guinness pie is essentially traditional Irish beef stew filled with onions, carrots, celery, garlic, beef broth, and herbs, all topped with some lovely and simple store-bought puff pastry. Simple, delicious, and marvelously hearty.
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This pan boxty is essentially an Irish potato pancake. Just a few ingredients–grated potatoes, a little flour, and butter–constitute this classic Irish dish. Lovers of colcannon, rösti, latkes, and hash browns will find comfort here.
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This chocolate mocha cake with Irish whiskey is a dark chocolate cake made with ground almonds and coffee and drizzled with an Irish whiskey glaze.
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Why isn’t there a Lamb dish included here?
lowandslow, we don’t have an Irish lamb dish–such as lamb stew–yet. But we will!
It’s a bit late for the party (but what is new there with me?), but with all the planned drinking, it’s only apropos Ireland’s ripe proper bite would be the Spice Bag.
I have not been to Ireland, though I would like to one of these years. You know, I will seek one down since I am more in the food traveler vein.
Recipe right here.
Thanks, Mikey.