What are some good Irish and English recipes I could make for dinner or dessert?

Question

I have looked for Irish and English recipes, but I have not found any that I want to make. Please help me by giving me some recipe ideas you like from England and Ireland.

Answer 1

Hi,
im irish and have loads of ideas for you! I also have all the recipes that I use, family ones tried and tested on my personal web site so check out http://fionasplace.net/Irishcookery.html

Ok starters, potato soup,
Leek soup, irish brown bread
smoked salmon...serve with brown bread and butter, lemon wedges, capers, and a few red onion rings...thats nice and simple for a starter as all work can be done.
Or how about smoked salmon mousse

for mains

Trout baked in white wine,
Salmon

Or meat dishes:-
Irish stew of course, which is tasty.
Pork in Guinness
Roast leg of Irish lamb,
Bacon or ham
Gammon steaks with whiskey (Irish whiskey not scotch!)
Spiced chicken with whiskey and pineapple...delicious!

Veg, colcannon, champ, boxty, potato cakes,

Dessert...
Bread and butter pudding,
Fruit crumble,
Gaelic soufflee
Or serve what we would use as a tea time treat, fruit cake,
gingerbread, pancakes!

Irish drinks would be guinness....you can make Black Velvet which is a half and half mix of guinness and champagne, use a good sparkling wine. this was invented for Queen Victorias funeral.
Guinness of course
Irish coffee afterwards
Here are some of the recipes..

Smoked salmon mousse
250g/8oz smoked salmon

250g/8oz cream cheese

150ml/1/4 pint soured cream

2 tablespoons lemon juice

salt and pepper

Method:

Place all in a liquidizer and blend till smooth.
Turn into a bowl and serve with crisp biscuits

Pork in guinness
750g/1 1/2 lbs pork cubed

30ml/ 2tablespoonsful oil

450ml/3/4 pint Guinness (1 bottle)

15ml/ 1 tablespoonful cornflour

3 onions sliced

1 garlic clove crushed

150ml/ 1/4 pint single cream

Method:

Season meat. Heat oil and brown the meat. add onions and garlic
and fry till lightly browned. stir in guinness and simmer gently 1-1/2 hours.
Blend cream and cornflour and stir into sauce.
Bring to the boil and simmer, stirring, until the sauce thickens.
Season and serve with rice.

Irish Lamb

1-3lb leg of lamb

1 tsp. mustard powder

1 tbsp seasoned flour

60g/ 2 oz dripping

Method:

Preheat oven to 180C/ 350 F/ Gas mark 4.
Put the dripping into the roasting pan and place in the oven.
Mix mustard powder with the flour.
Wipe meat and rub all over with the flour mustard mixture.
Remove tin from oven and roll the joint in the hot fat to sear.
Place meat in the tin and return to oven for 1 1/2 to 1 3/4 hours. Baste every 1/2 hour.
Serve with potatoes and vegetables of your choice.

Spiced chicken with whiskey and Pineapple

Serves 4

4 portions chicken

25g / 1 oz butter

5 ml/ 1 level teaspoonful mild curry powder

3 ml/ 1/2 teaspoonful mace(or nutmeg)

3 ml/ 1/2 teaspoonful ground ginger

1 teaspoonful salt

pepper

1/2 fresh pineapple (you can use 1 tin)

1 small glass of Irish Whiskey

150ml/ 5 fl oz/ 1 gill/ 1/4 pint unsweetened pineapple juice

Method:

Melt butter in a frying pan, fry chicken to seal it.
Lower heat , add the spices ,and fry 8 minutes more, turning frequently.
Remove chicken when cooked. Add pineapple to the pan and fry till golden.
Pour over the whiskey and ignite!
Pour over the pineapple juice and simmer till sticky. Serve with rice.

Champ (we eat this as an entire meal, but many mix it up and serve on the side)

750g/ 1 1/2 lbs freshly cooked mashed potatoes

one finely chopped onion, or 2 leeks
or 10 spring onions cooked in 1/2 cup of milk till soft

salt and pepper

cold milk and butter to serve

Method:

Cook the potatoes well. Chop the onion etc and cook till soft in the milk.
Mash the potatoes till smooth and add the oniony-milk mixture.
Mix till light , fluffy and smooth.

To serve put a pile of the potatoes on the plate and mould into a volcano.
Make a well in the center. Into the well add a knob of butter
and fill up with cold milk. To eat take pieces with a fork off
the outside and dip into the well.
This makes a tasty and filling supper meal.Its a family favourite with us!

In the war they used nettles instead of onions.

This is mostly a northern Ireland.
To make a more substantial meal a raw egg can
be broken into the middle, the heat of the potato will cook it.

Gaelic souffle

Thanks to my Mum for this recipe she invented.

3 eggs

125g/4 oz caster sugar

150ml/5 fl oz/1 gill/1/4 pint milk

30g/1 oz gelatin

300ml/10 fl oz/1/2 pint evaporated milk or cream

150ml/5 fl oz/1 gill/1/4 pint very strong black coffee

60g/3 tablespoons Irish Whiskey

Method:

Prepare souffle dish, using greaseproof paper band on a small dish.
Brush dish and band with cold water.

Dissolve gelatin in the hot coffee. Add the whiskey and leave to cool.
Put the egg yolks sugar and milk in a basin over boiling water and
whisk till thick and light. Add coffee mixture. Whisk evaporated milk or cream
and whisk egg whites separately. Fold evaporated milk into the mixture.
Wait for signs of setting. If necessary beat again and finally fold in egg whites.
Pour into the prepared souffle dish, and leave to set firmly.
Decorate with lightly whipped cream on top.

Hot whiskey
Boiling water

1 teaspoonful brownsugar

1 large measure Irish whiskey

Slice lemon

6 cloves

pinch nutmeg and/ or cinnamon

Method:

Fill glass with boiling water to heat,
then pour water away.
fill glass 2/3 full with fresh boiling water,
add the sugar and dissolve it.
Add the whiskey, the lemon slice,
cloves, cinnamon and or nutmeg.

Sláinte!

Irish coffee

1 double measure of Irish Whiskey

1cup strong black coffee

5ml/1 heaped teaspoonful sugar

approx.20ml/1 tablespoonful double cream

Method:

Firstly warm a stemed Irish coffee glass, by filling with hot water.
Then put in the sugar and enough coffee to dissolve the sugar.
Stir well Add the Irish Whiskey to fill within an inch of the brim.
Now the hard bit.
. Hold a teaspoon curved side up over the glass,
then pour the cream over it into the glass.
It should float. Do not stir in the cream.

I have more recipes on my Christmas page too...

Hope some of this is useful and you have a wonderful dinner!

Answer 2

Irish Apple Cake Recipe
8 oz flour, 1 teaspoon baking powder, 4 oz sugar, 4 oz butter, 3 or 4 cooking apples, 1 egg (beaten), milk. Put flour, baking powder and sugar into a mixing bowl. Mix together. Now roughly chop up the butter. Do not cream or rub in. Peel the cooking apples and slice into the mixture, then stir in the beaten egg and sufficient milk to make a fairly stiff batter. This will be quite lumpy with apples and butter, but it is correct. Pour into a greased tin and bake for about an hour in a moderate oven (375°F).

In Ireland this is served hot with custard or cream, or cut into slices and spread with butter. A little sugar sprinkled on top, halfway through baking, improves the appearance.


Irish Potato Biscuit RecipE
As the recipe says, it goes well with preserves, jam or jelly.

Boil and mash six or eight potatoes. While warm, lay on a floured pastry board and run the rolling pin over and over them till they are free from lumps. Turn into a bowl, wet with a cup of sweet milk, add a teaspoon of melted butter. When well mixed, work in 1/2 cup flour (salted) or just enough to make a soft dough. Return to the board, roll out quickly and lightly into a thin sheet, and cut into round cakes. Bake in a quick oven. Butter as soon as they are done, laying one on top of the other in a pile. Eat before they fall.

The excellence of potato biscuits depends very greatly upon the softness of the dough, light handling, and quick baking. If properly made, they will be found extremely nice. A favorite Irish dish. A dessert in its own right when eaten with preserves.


Irish Brown Bread Recipe
4 cups graham flour (or 3 cups whole wheat flour and 1 cup bran), 1 cup black molasses, 2 cups sour milk, 2 teaspoons soda, 1 teaspoon salt. Mix and shape dough into a round loaf, place on floured baking sheet; bake at 350°F for more than one hour, until done. Keeps well. Delicious when served with fresh butter and fruit preserves

Answer 3

Bread Pudding, Yorkshire Pudding, Caramel Custard, Apple Pie, Potato Bread, Leftovers, Garlic Mash Potato's

Answer 4

Look for recipes for Colcannon, or Bubble and Squeak (greens and bacon & potatoes sauteed together), Cockaleekie Soup (Chicken based vegetable soup with leeks in it), Bangers and Mash, (sausages & mashed potatoes) and there's always fish & chips (battered fried fish and fried potaotoes, like French fries sort of) - serve the fries with salt & vinegar.

Answer 5

Irish Country Rhubarb Cake

Scone dough
340g/120z plain flour
1tsp baking soda
pinch salt
50g/ 2oz caster sugar
80g/30z butter
1 egg
175ml/l6fl oz buttermilk

Filling
700g/1lb rhubarb, roughly chopped
200-250g/7-9oz sugar
white of 1 egg, whisked
caster sugar to dust

Preheat oven to gas mark 4, 180°C, 350°F, and grease a 25cm/10 inch deep pie dish. Sieve flour, baking soda and salt into a mixing bowl. Add caster sugar and rub in butter. In a separate bowl, beat the egg together with the buttermilk and gradually add this to the flour until a dough is formed. Knead lightly on a floured surface and divide dough into two. Roll out one half and use it to line the pie dish. Fill the dish with the rhubarb and sprinkle with the sugar. Roll out the remaining dough to form a pastry lid. Brush the rim of the pastry base with water and put on the lid. Glaze with the whisked egg white and sprinkle with caster sugar. Make steam slits in the lid and bake for 50-60 minutes or until the crust is lightly browned and the fruit is soft. This pie is also delicious if made with apples.


Irish Stew

• 1 1/2 pounds lamb or beef, cubed
• 3 medium carrots
• 2 medium potato
• 1 onion
• 1/2 small can of stewed tomatoes
• 2 oz/ 1/3 cup of flour
• 1 oz fat
• 1 cup beef stock
• 1/2 cup water
• 1 oz fresh thyme
• 1 bay leaf

salt and pepper and/or some red wine to taste

Directions:

Coat beef/lamb with flour, salt & pepper and brown in oil in a large pot. Add sliced vegetables and thyme. Add the beef stock and water. Add bay leaf for taste.

Simmer for 2 to 3 hours until meat and veggies are tender. You can add more water if necessary and some salt and pepper and/or wine to taste.


English Baked Mushrooms

6 large flat mushrooms, wiped
2 cloves garlic, finely sliced
4 tbsps olive oil
2 oz butter
3 tbsps madeira or sweet sherry
1 tbsp soy sauce

Place the mushrooms in a roasting tin.

Scatter over the garlic, olive oil, madeira, soy and knobs of butter. Season with salt and pepper.

Bake in a 200 C Gas 6 oven for 20 minutes or until soft and tender. Baste once during the cooking with the pan juices.

When ready taste the liquid in the pan and add a squeeze or two of lemon if needed. Check seasoning and serve.

Answer 6

check out http://sumiram2006.googlepages.com/dessert
It has recipes for quite a few tasty cakes and desserts that can be prepared easily from home ..

Answer 7

Try rhubarb pie or brown bread...