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Easy Baked Salmon Recipe Irish Style

This baked salmon recipe is easy to make and tastes delicious. Baked Salmon may not originate from Ireland but it is considered a traditional Irish recipe. Fish has been an important part of peoples diet in Ireland for thousands of years. It is no surprise a Salmon is...

Homemade Shortbread Recipe

Homemade shortbread is popular and a very easy recipe to follow. Most families will stock up on shortbread for the Christmas holidays. There are variations today, for example, adding chocolate chips or orange juice and zest. But I have recreated an original recipe...

How To Make Traditional Irish Stew

When it comes to making a traditional Irish Stew, there is no special recipe. It's a basic dish with few ingredients that is very easy to prepare, and it tastes delicious. Easy to make homemade Irish Stew There are only 4 ingredients to traditional Irish Stew, at...

Traditional Christmas Pudding Recipe

The Christmas pudding recipe is not actually a traditional Irish dessert but is a relative newcomer to the Irish table. Brought to Ireland by British settlers during Victorian times Christmas pudding has been on Irish Christmas menus ever since. Christmas Pudding...

Recipe For Irish Soda Bread

Soda bread is a recipe found in Western Europe but it is a very common recipe within Ireland. It is not a good idea to keep Soda Bread so it should be served hot and baked every morning to be included in any Irish...

How To Cook Cockle Soup

There are no shortages of Irish seafood recipes with Cockle being one of them. Cockle soup in Ireland is an extremely popular dish that can be found in a lot of restaurants and even in some pubs that also serves food....

How To Cook Irish Turnips

Another popular meal in Ireland is made from turnips. As Ireland has a wet climate it’s the perfect place for growing turnips which is popular in the farming industry. Like potatoes, the turnips are cheap to purchase,...

How To Cook Parsnip & Apple Soup

The parsnip & apple soup is really easy to make and tastes delicious. Parsnips were used extensively in rural Ireland to give variety in the winter when green vegetables were scarce so enjoy this traditional...

Irish Smoked Fish Soup Recipe

This traditional Irish soup is a simple concoction and as seafood dishes are very popular the haddock fish soup can be found in many homes, restaurants and cafes as a starter dish or appetiser. Ingredient for cooking Smoked Haddock Fish Soup 2 onions 2 carrots 1 large...

Irish Fish Cakes Recipe

With Ireland being surrounded with large coastlines and speckled with bays and docks it is only fitting that Fish is a large part of Irish cooking. From the coasts of Galway to the rivers that surround Co. Derry and Donegal, cooking with fish has changed over the...

Beer Batter Monkfish

Monkfish was always a favourite of my mother and grandmothers fish recipes. With its mild almost sweet taste it was easy to incorporate into any dish. Our Grandmother used it in her famous fish stews and my mother used it in her delicious home-made curries. Beer...

Irish Colcannon Mash Recipe

Colcannon is a popular Irish potato dish although not as widely eaten as Champ or Poundies but it's still equally delicious. Traditionally it is eaten at Halloween as the eating of meat was not allowed and was used as a way of telling someone’s fortune. The idea was...

Recipe For Cream Of Turnip Soup

Root vegetables were and still are a valuable source of food in Ireland. You ask any Irishman or woman what his/ her favourite food is and I bet they will mention a root vegetable. To-day you can walk into any household in Ireland at dinner time and the family will be...

How To Make Wheaten Bread

Wheaten bread is a popular wholemeal form of soda bread served in Ireland and dates back to approximately 1840 when bicarbonate of soda was first introduced to Ireland. The Wheaten bread recipe can be served as part of a traditional Irish breakfast or even for...

Recipe For Hot Cross Buns

Hot Cross Buns are traditionally eaten on Good Friday in Ireland. The cross on the top symbolises the Cross Jesus was crucified on.

How To Make Homemade Irish Potato Soup

Popular with locals in Ireland the Irish potato soup recipe is well worth trying. It has been part of Ireland’s custom foods for many years and is still traditionally made as it would many years ago. With Ireland not having the greatest of weather this recipe dish is...

How to Make Spiced Beef

Eaten hot or cold, spiced beef is traditionally served on St. Stephen’s Day (26th December) and is usually served decorated with holly and red ribbons. Ingredients for making Irish Spiced Beef 4 lb rolled salted silverside 1 onion, peeled and sliced 1 small turnip,...

How To Make Dublin Coddle

Most popular in Ireland’s capital city, Dublin, this recipe is not for the faint-hearted and has been appropriately described by some as a heart attack in a bowl. It’s rarely found outside of Dublin city but is still a popular meal served in some traditional Irish...

Irish Home Made Apple Pie

Every woman in Ireland knows her mother’s Apple Pie Recipe; this recipe is passed down through generation after generation and in some families, it is so secret they would not dare tell anyone outside the family. There is nothing nicer than walking into a traditional...

How To Make Irish Farm Broth

Irish Farm Broth is a substantial meal in one and traditionally made with lamb or mutton each serving is topped with a floury boiled potato. With a mixture of vegetables in a thick soup, the Irish farm broth is extremely popular in Ireland. You may also find people...