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Irish Soda Bread
Flour, buttermilk, bicarbonate of soda and salt, mixed in a minute and baked in forty-five. No yeast, no proving, no…
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Potatoes, butter and stews built for wet afternoons. 26 Irish recipes, from the everyday to the ambitious.
The 26 recipes cover 5 of the site’s categories, among them 9 bakes, 9 dinners, 4 breakfasts, 2 desserts and 2 drinks. Of these, 3 are ready in 30 minutes or less, start to finish; the quickest are Irish Coffee (10 min), Irish Soda Farls (25 min) and Irish Scones (30 min). For 7, the method times a wait such as rising, chilling or marinating, and the time at the top of the recipe includes it. By difficulty: 22 easy and 4 medium.
As written, 16 are vegetarian, 7 gluten-free and 4 dairy-free.
Irish recipes — all 26 recipes
Dinner
Irish Stew
Lamb neck, potatoes and onions simmered slowly in stock with nothing else in the pot. The potatoes on top stay…
Side dish
Colcannon
Mashed potato beaten with buttery kale or cabbage and spring onions, with a well of melted butter in the middle of…
Breakfast
Boxty
Half raw grated potato, half mash, bound with flour and buttermilk and fried into pancakes with crisp edges and a…
Dinner
Corned Beef and Cabbage
Brisket simmered for three hours until a fork slides in without resistance, with the vegetables added in the order…
Drinks
Irish Coffee
Hot sweetened coffee under a float of cream so lightly whipped it pours. The drink is taken through the cream…
Side dish
Champ
Mashed potato beaten with spring onions steeped in hot milk, served with a well of butter melting in the middle…
Baking
Barmbrack
A tea-soaked fruit loaf with a ring hidden in it, sliced and buttered. Ireland's Hallowe'en cake.
Dinner
Dublin Coddle
Sausages, bacon, potato and onion layered in a pot and cooked slowly in stock until everything gives. Almost no…
Bread
Irish Soda Farls
Soda bread dough patted flat, cut into quarters and cooked on a dry griddle until golden. The Ulster breakfast…
Baking
Guinness Cake
A dark, moist chocolate cake made with a pint of Guinness, topped with cream cheese frosting to look like the head…
Breakfast
Ulster Fry
The Northern Irish fry-up: sausages, bacon, eggs, black pudding, tomatoes and fried soda farls, all on one plate…
Dinner
Bacon and Cabbage
A cured pork joint simmered until tender, with the cabbage and potatoes cooked in the same pot, and served in thick…
Baking
Irish Apple Cake
A tender, buttery cake with a layer of spiced apple slices in the middle and a crunchy sugar top, baked in a round…
Desserts
Fifteens
A Northern Irish no-bake traybake of crushed digestive biscuits, marshmallows and glacé cherries bound with…
Drinks
Irish Cream
Irish whiskey blended with cream, condensed milk, cocoa, coffee and vanilla into a smooth, sweet liqueur. A homemade…
Breakfast
Full Irish Breakfast
Irish sausages, back bacon, black and white pudding, fried eggs, mushrooms, tomatoes, beans and soda bread on one…
Bread
Irish Brown Bread
A quick wholemeal soda bread raised with bicarbonate of soda and buttermilk, baked until the crust sounds hollow.
Baking
Treacle Bread
A dark, slightly sweet soda bread made with black treacle, wholemeal flour and buttermilk.
Dinner
Cabbage and Potato Soup
Shredded cabbage, potatoes and onion simmered in stock until the potatoes thicken the broth, finished with butter.
Dinner
Instant Pot Corned Beef and Cabbage
A salt beef brisket cooked under pressure with onions, potatoes, carrots and cabbage, sliced across the grain and…
Dinner
Guinness Beef Stew
Braising steak simmered for 2 hours 30 minutes in Guinness with carrots, onions and potatoes until the beef is…
Bread
Brown Soda Bread
A dense, nutty loaf of wholemeal and plain flour raised with bicarbonate of soda and buttermilk, baked for 40…
Baking
Irish Whiskey Cake
A rich Irish fruit cake of dried fruit soaked in whiskey and tea, baked slowly for 1 hour and fed with more whiskey.
Desserts
Baileys Cheesecake
A no bake cheesecake of biscuit base, cream cheese and Irish cream liqueur, topped with chocolate and set for 6 hours.
Bread
Irish Scones
Light, tall Irish scones with a crumbly texture and a few sultanas, baked for 15 minutes and served with jam and…