Contents Introduction
8
Soups Seafood Chowder
10
Potato Soup
11
Wheelbarrow Soup
12
Spring Tonic Nettle Soup
14
Starters Clonakilty Black Pudding with Caramelised Apples & Balsamic Vinegar
15
Grilled Black Pudding with Herbed Potato Pancakes and Mustard
16
Grilled Goats Cheese
17
Cashel Blue Cheese Dressing
19
Smoked Salmon with Brown Soda Bread
20
Smoked Salmon with Potato Cakes
21
Round Tower Crab and Celeriac Remoulade
22
Oysters on Horseback
25
Oysters with Herb Butter
25
Oysters with Creamy Cheese Topping
25
Breakfast Dishes The Irish Breakfast (‘The Full Irish’)
26
The Ulster Fry
27
Porridge
28
Pinhead Oatmeal Porridge
29
Fish Fresh Herrings in Oatmeal
30
Woodcock Smokery Kippers with Potato Salad and Poached Egg
31
Grilled Mackerel and Gooseberry Sauce
33
Pan-fried Trout
34
Ballynahinch Pan-fried Tournedos of Wild Salmon, with Buttered Cabbage, Smoked Bacon and Trumpet Mushrooms, and a beurre blanc Sauce
35
Whole Poached Salmon
37
Seared Scallops with Nut-brown Butter and Lemon Juice
38
Dublin Bay Prawns
40
Meat Dishes Dublin Coddle
42
Corned Beef
44
Spiced Beef
45
Roast Rack of Lamb
47
Irish Stew
48
Beef Stew
50
Medallions of Venison with Port and Orange Sauce
52
Baked Ham with Cider, Mustard and Apple Sauce
53
Vegetables Colcannon
54
Champ
57
Celeriac and Potato Purée
59
Potato and Chestnut Purée
60
Chapter One Champ
61
Puddings Hallowe’en Pudding
62
Egg Custard Sauce
63
Christmas Pudding
64
Baileys Irish Cream Water Ice
66
Fresh Cheese with Soft Summer Fruits
67
Carrageen Blancmange
68
Pancakes with Fresh Raspberries and Cream
69
Syllabub with Blueberry Purée
71
Fruit Compote
72
Dried Fruit Compote
73
Fruit Fool
74
Brack and Butter Pudding
75
Cheese Irish Farmhouse Cheese Selections
77
Cakes and Breads Barm Brack
78
Potato Apple Farls
80
Kerry Apple Cake
81
Topless Mince Pies
82
Porter Cake
83
Hot Cross Buns
85
Buttermilk Scones
86
Griddle Bread
88
Brown Soda Bread
90
Beverages Gin flavoured with Sloe and Almonds
92
Sloe Gin Liqueur
93
Hot Whiskey Punch
94
Irish Coffee
95
Mudslide
95
Irish Flag
96
Aphrodite’s Cream
96