Irish Recipes

I have fond memories of a particularly sunny summer a year or two ago when I stayed in a farmhouse on the Dingle peninsula. As well as the good weather I remember the breakfasts. Start off with a freshly-cut half grapefruit with a ... [full story]

Boxty is a traditional potato dish, celebrated in the rhyme.Boxty on the griddle, boxty in the pan, If you can't make boxty, you'll never get your man Ingredients 8 oz/ 250 g/ 1 cup raw potato 8 oz/ 250 g/ 1 cup mashed potato 8 ... [full story]

The Guinness in this recipe has the same function as the wine in Coq Au Vin - the acid and moisture combined with the long, slow cooking help tenderise the tough but flavoursome meat. Ingredients 2 1/2 lb/ ... [full story]

Cream the yeast and the sugar and allow to froth up in the milk, which should be at blood heat. Sieve the flour, caster sugar and spice and rub in the butter. Make a well in the centre and add the yeast ... [full story]

This well-flavoured jelly is very easy to make and will keep -if given a chance. It is delicious on hot, buttered scones or pancakes. The secret lies in the long, slow cooking which extracts the maximum amount of pectin -the setting agent-from ... [full story]