I’m not sure how Irish or St.Patrick’s Day-ish this recipe is but I can’t tell you first hand it’s delicious! Here’s the recipe I used. Preheat your oven to 200 Celsius/400 Fahrenheit. Lightly grease a 20 cm/8 inch round tart tin. Sift 100g/3 1/2 oz of plain flour into a mixing bowl and stir...
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Traveling to Ireland? We help you understand a bit about Irish culture through their very stomachs. Full Irish Fry My own Irish mother-in-law kindly makes this very meal for me every weekend I visit, however you wouldn’t be surprised to see this meal appear as a late night last minute dinner anywhere in Ireland....
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It happens each September, where Galway City, on the west coast of Ireland, comes alive with seafood and oysters celebrating the Galway International Oyster and Seafood Festival, the most internationally recognized food festival in all of Ireland and actually the world’s longest running oyster festival. Throughout the festival, there will be a host of...
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Yesterday, at the RDS Dublin the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin, Dr Diarmuid Martin, urged the mainstream Christian churches to work together in the spirit of cooperation in facing the looming challenges posed by secularisation. Meanwhile, his Church of Ireland counterpart Dr Michael Jackson said Christians need to garner the good news that has...
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This is a timeless and easy to make summertime Irish favorite! The lamb chops for this dish are French trimmed, which your butcher can do for you, but they are simply a rack of lamb which is cut into chops. Lamb marries quite well with mustard and rosemary, so we’ve included these in the...
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It’s a drink that’s always in season…always the right time…it’s a Hot Irish Whiskey! Whether here in Dublin city or the Irish countryside, this is our favorite recipe. 1 measure of Irish Whiskey 2 teaspoons of white or brown sugar 2 slices of freshly cut lemon or lime 6 cloves 8 ounces (or less)...
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You, your friends and family will absolutely love this recipe for Irish Chocolate Cake with Vanilla Frosting…and a good amount of ganache! Did you know that cake is known as ‘sponge’ in Ireland and the UK? Chocolate Cake: 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour 2/3 cup natural unsweetened cocoa 1 1/2 cup sugar 1...
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The story of how Irish coffee was invented is well known, but how did a drink that started in a transit lounge at Foynes airport get to be such a worldwide hit? Well that’s down to one man, Stanton Delaplane, a syndicated newspaper columnist whose plane developed engine trouble in 1951. Foynes was an...
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Over the Easter weekend the inaugural Galway Food Festival attracted an estimated 30,000 visitors into the city, offering more than 70 food-themed events, from cooking demonstrations to foraging trails. More than 50 restaurants and outlets have been taking part in the festival’s events, with some reporting an increase in turnover of between 80 and...
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