Irish Recipes :
a taste of Irish
Irish Recipes: Home cooking and baking in Ireland - from farmhouse to castle.
Irish recipes reflect the high quality ingredients available from the land - good beef, lamb and pork, rich cream, splendid seafood, fresh fruit and vegetables, wonderful grain for satisfying breads. Ireland's food choices range from simple cooking to Irish baking, its origins from farmhouse breakfast to castle banquet. From Dublin, Ireland's capital, come recipes like Coddle, a vegetable and sausage dish, and Dublin Lawyer, a heady mixture of
lobster, cream and Irish Whiskey. Examples of Ireland's traditional home cooking, the highest examples of Irish food and drink combined, are dishes like Beef in Guinness, Irish Stew, and Porter Cake. No menu would be complete without Irish coffee (which is a real Irish recipe).Clear recipes will soon have you turning out favourites - Wheaten Bread, Buttermilk Scones and Porter Cake, together with more unusual fare such as Irish Chocolate Cake and Vanilla and Lemon Curd Cake. Ireland's baking tradition covers a wonderful range of breads and cakes. From country kitchen soda breads and barmbracks, once essential in the staple diet, to refined cakes served in "big houses", every delicious aspect of Irish baking can be enjoyed today.
Irish recipes, cooking and baking, straightforward and satisfying dishes, use readily available ingredients for filling stews, soups, meals and sweets. We aim to demonstrate the worldwide appeal of Ireland's 'cuisine'.