Champ is a potato specialty in Ireland and is one of my favorite side dishes. Delicious and easy, champ is made by warming chopped green onions in milk before mixing them through mashed potatoes. Topped with a knob of melting butter these onion laced spuds ooze with buttery goodness. We Irish love our spuds and […]
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Baileys Crème Brûlée
Crème Brûlée is a classic French dessert consisting of baked cream custard with a crispy caramelized sugar top layer, that simply cracks with lusciousness once you break it with the side of your spoon. Now to give this famous French dessert an Irish flair I decided to add a little of Ireland’s favorite cream liqueur […]
Eve’s Pudding
Eve’s pudding was a favorite dessert in Ireland when I was growing up. A baked sponge tops deliciously sweetened and stewed apples, making it a comforting winter treat. A traditional British pudding, it was cooked in Ireland too and probably brought across the Irish sea by the many wonderful Irish cooks who worked in the […]
Dublin Coddle
Coddle yourself with a heart warming, comforting Irish sausage stew on Saint Patrick’s Day. Dublin Coddle is a traditional Irish dish primarily made by true blue Dubliners, enjoyed throughout the year and not just to celebrate St. Paddy. It’s a one-pot wonder full of potatoes, sausages, bacon and onions. Cooked slowly in water or broth […]
Farmhouse Beef Stew
When the weather turns cold, a good beef stew is on the menu in our house. This very easy winter dinner is perfect for warming up when temperatures fall. Since the mercury has dropped so low in many parts of the eastern United States this week, I thought it would be the perfect time to […]
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