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Irish Recipes


Ireland is well-known for its farming tradition. Of course, potatoes are a key ingredient in Irish cooking, and indeed have been a stable ingredient in the Irish diet ever since their introduction in the late 17th century, but many other crops are grown too - including barley and oats. Additionally Ireland produces some excellent livestock - in recent years, beef has risen greatly in popularity,, but lamb and pork are both traditionally popular.

As you might expect, given Ireland's long coastline and seafaring tradition, seafood is also forms an important part of Irish cuisine. Oysters are very popular - and oysters are a popular event around the country, where they are eaten with Guinness. Ireland is also known for Dublin Bay prawns (langoustines) which are actually a miniature type of lobster. Popular fish include cod and salmon.

Many Irish meals are eaten with bread - and Ireland has its own unique types of bread, including:
  • Soda bread - A bread made using baking soda instead of yeast. Whole wheat soda bread is known as "wheaten".

  • Irish potato bread (also known as "fadge", "potato cake", "potato farls", and "slims" - as well as informally as "tatie bread") - Unleavened bread made using potatoes instead of much of the wheat flour.

  • Blaa - A very soft white bread roll, covered in layers of flour, that is unique to Waterford.
Blaa - Soft white bread rolls from Waterford City, Ireland

Some popular Irish dishes include:
  • Irish stew (Irish: Gaelic: Stobhach Gaelach) - This is probably the most famous Irish dish in the world - it's a stew made from lamb or mutton, with potatoes, onions and parsley. Some cooks recommend the addition of barley, root vegetables such as carrots, parsnips or turnips, or even Guinness. Irish emigrant communities around the world have taken this dish with them and adapted it to local conditions - for example, beef may be substituted for lamb, or paprika added to spice the dish up!

  • Coddle - Pork sausages and bacon rashers are quickly cooked. Then, potatoes, onions and perhaps barley, are added, and slowly cooked using the stock from the meat.

  • Bacon and cabbage - A traditional Irish dish. Although, Irish Americans often used corned beef, this is actual an adaption of the original bacon and cabbage recipe. beef and cabbage.

  • Champ - Mashed potato with chopped scallions (green onions), milk and butter.

  • Colcannon - Mashed potato with kale, cabbage or wild garlic.
Here are some recipe books and cookbooks for Irish food:

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Elegant Irish Cooking: Hundreds of Recipes from the World's Foremost Irish Chefs

By Noel C. Cullen

Lebhar-Friedman Books
Hardcover (272 pages)

Elegant Irish Cooking: Hundreds of Recipes from the World s Foremost Irish Chefs
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The dishes presented in Elegant Irish Cooking are served in Ireland's best restaurants and homes.

The Very Best of Traditional Irish Cooking: Authentic Irish recipes made simple - over 60 classic dishes, beautifully illustrated step-by-step with more than 250 photographs

By Biddy Lennon

Southwater
Paperback (96 pages)

The Very Best of Traditional Irish Cooking: Authentic Irish recipes made simple - over 60 classic dishes, beautifully illustrated step-by-step with more than 250 photographs
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This book offers a taste of some of the best-loved recipes and traditional dishes that have helped to earn Ireland?s reputation for culinary excellence. It begins with an insight into some of the key ingredients, from vegetables, herbs and fruit to meat, fish and dairy. There then follows a range of over 60 traditional step-by-step recipes.

The Art of Irish Cooking: Recipes and Wit to Whet the Appetite

By Monica Sheridan

Berkley Publishing Co.
Mass Market Paperback (174 pages)

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Irish Traditional Cooking: Over 300 Recipes from Ireland's Heritage

By Darina Allen

Kyle Books
Paperback (288 pages)

Irish Traditional Cooking: Over 300 Recipes from Ireland s Heritage
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Irish Traditional Cooking combines the delicious, historic recipes of Ireland with colourful anecdotes and detailed appreciation of the dishes in Ireland’s culture. Imbued with a passion to preserve the traditions of Irish cooking, Darina Allen has journeyed all over Ireland, researching and recording different recipes and regional dishes. From County Cork where she learnt from Joan Twomey how to cook apple cake in a bastible on an open fire, to County Kerry, where she collected bairneachs (limpets) off the rocks to make the traditional Good Friday soup, to Granny Toye in County Monaghan who passed on eighty years of pancake-making experience.

Ireland's rich culinary heritage is brought to life in this comprehensive and entertaining appreciation of more than 300 traditional dishes. Each recipe is complemented by tips, tales, historical insights and common Irish customs, many of which have been passed down from one generation to the next through the greatest of oral traditions. Darina's fascination with Ireland's culinary heritage gives great detail and breadth to Irish Traditional Cooking. Sections on Broths & Soups, Fish, Game, Vegetables and Food from the Wild illustrate how comprehensive this book is in its treatment of Irish Traditional Cooking. Darina uses the finest of Ireland's natural produce to give us recipes such as Sea Spinach Soup, Ballymaloe Irish Stew and traditional Irish Sherry Trifle. The result is a book which will entice you to discover the pleasures of the emerald isle's cuisine. Irish Traditional Cooking won the acclaimed Langhe Ceretto-SEI prize.

Complete Book of Irish Country Cooking: Traditional and Wholesome Recipes from Ireland

By Darina Allen

Studio
Hardcover (288 pages)

Complete Book of Irish Country Cooking: Traditional and Wholesome Recipes from Ireland
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Providing a thorough introduction to the art of Irish cookery, a treasure trove of more than 250 traditional recipes includes hearty, flavorful, and wholesome dishes that range from Watercress Soup to Apple Amble Tart. 25,000 first printing. Tour.

Irish Cooking: Over 90 Deliciously Authentic Irish Recipes, Beautifully Illustrated With More Than 250 Step-By-Step Photographs

By Biddy White Lennon

Southwater
Paperback (96 pages)

Irish Cooking: Over 90 Deliciously Authentic Irish Recipes, Beautifully Illustrated With More Than 250 Step-By-Step Photographs
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A carefully selected range of more than 90 delicious step-by-step recipes captures the essence of Irish cooking. There are sections on soups and appetizers, main courses, salad and vegetable dishes, desserts, cakes, bakes, preserves and drinks: each of th

New Irish Cooking: Recipes from Dublin's Peacock Alley

By Conrad Gallagher

A. & A. Farmar
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Conrad Gallagher's New Irish Cooking - Recipes From Dublin's Peacock Alley

By Conrad Gallagher

A.& A.Farmar
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Irish Countryhouse Cooking, recipes from Irelands Famous Country Houses

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The Best of Irish Cooking Tempting Recipes for All Occasions

By Rosemary; Editor Moon

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