Irish Recipes

There is nothing like starting your day off with a traditional Irish Breakfast, especially on vacation. Have you ever been curious about how to cook a full Irish breakfast in the Irish style? You don’t need to search any further! It is quite easy to do, and it is a beautiful way to show appreciation to your loved ones!

The act of consuming a Guinness is just as ritualistic as the act of pouring it. The first rule of drinking a pint that has been poured in two stages is that you should wait until the bartender has set it down before you take a sip.

There are many Irish Halloween traditions in Ireland. One of my favorites is barmbrack. Barmbrack is at the very core of the Irish Halloween traditions. The Halloween Brack, much like Christmas pudding traditionally contained various objects baked into the sweet bread.

Colcannon is one of my favorite Irish recipes made of potatoes, and cabbage. I make mine with let overs. It is associated with Saint Patrick's Day, but the truth is colcannon is actually traditionally served on  Halloween nights. The cook sometimes hides little trinkets  or talismans in the mash, each representing fortune, poverty, or perhaps the chance of a future marriage.

Irish Beef Stew with Irish Stout is the perfect meal on a beautiful fall day or a chilly winters night. Delicious and hardy it is perfect for the entire family.

This Irish soda bread makes a great breakfast treat. Or omit the raisins and sugar, and add caraway seeds for bread that’s perfect for dinner.

Traditional Irish Christmas Plum Pudding has had humble beginnings. Plum pudding was originally a porridge flavored with scraps of meat or fish, thickened with bread crumbs and bound together with eggs, fruit and spices. During the Tudor and Stuart period dried prunes were added to the pudding which became known as plum porridge.

This is what I'm fixing to make tonight. How about you? Cottage pie or shepherd's pie is a meat pie with a crust of mashed potato. The term cottage pie is known to have been in use in 1791, when the potato was being introduced as an edible crop affordable for the poor. (The term "cottage" meaning a modest dwelling for rural workers). In early cookery books, the dish was a means of using leftover roasted meat of any kind (it was a recipe to re-purpose left overs) , and the pie dish was lined with mashed potato as well as having a mashed potato crust on top.

After you feast on traditional Irish foods on Halloween, you will need to wash it down with an old drink called Lambswool. The name Lambswool is believed to be a derivative of the Irish Gaelic, “La Mas Nbhal” meaning ‘Feast of the Apples.

This Saint Patrick's Day, try your hand at cooking some authentic Irish fare from scratch or rustling up a simple meal in a hurry. You are very fortunate to have access to these wonderful St. Patrick's Day recipes, which include everything from starters to desserts.