Irish food help.?

Question

I want to cook some good Irish food for my friends, but I don't know where to start. Anybody know what is good to make?

Answer 1

STEAK AND GUINNESS PIE

12 inch Pie pastry
1 or 2 pounds of Round steak
1 tablespoon of Flour
1 tablespoon of Brown sugar
1 tablespoon of Raisins
5 medium size onions
1 bottle of Guinness stout (not the 'draught' variety)
8 slices of bacon
3 tablespoon of shortening/butter
Some Chopped parsley

Dice the steak, cover with flour and brown, with the bacon, on a medium heat using the butter. Peel and chop the onions and brown over a good heat. Add to the meat in a caserole dish. Add raisins and brown sugar and Guinness.

Cover the dish, simmer and cook over a lowish heat for 2.5 hours. Add water of the gravy mixuture starts to thicken excessively. Coat a pie dish with half of the pastry and bake. Add the Meat and Gravy mix when cooked and place the remaining pastry on top and bake for 10 minutes or until golden brown. Serve with potatoes and vegtables.

Make the pastry before you begin to make the casserole.
Now cut steak into bite sized cubes,
Put the steak into the flour and make sure it is all covered.
In a pan gently melt the lard,
Add the steak, bacon and cook until it starts to brown.
Peel and chop the onion and add to the pan.
Place steak, bacon and onion in a casserole dish.
Add the raisins and brown sugar,
Pour in the Guinness.
Cover tightly and simmer over a low heat or in a very moderate oven (325-350F) for 2 1/2 hours.
Stir occasionally.
Add more Guinness or water if the rich brown gravy gets too thick.
Line a deep pie dish with half the pie crust (bake it blind).
Then add the Guinness and steak mixture.
Cover with a layer of pie crust
bake until finished about another 10 minutes.

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Irish Stew

1 pound lean mutton pieces
1 pound carrots
1 pound onions
1 pound potatoes
salt & pepper
pinch of thyme

Place the mutton with thyme in a saucepan and add cold
water to cover. Bring slowly to the boil and simmer for
one hour. Add onions, potatoes, carrots, all peeled.
Season with salt and pepper. Continue cooking until
vegetables are tender. Adjust seasoning. May be served
alone or with cooked green cabbage or sprouts.

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COLCANNON

2 lbs Potatoes
1 large 'Curly Kaye' or Cabbage
1 large Onion
4 oz of butter or margarine
Pinch of Pepper & Salt
Half pint Milk

Peel and divide the potatoes, chop the onions and cabbage. Layer a saucepan with the potatoes and add the pinch of salt and pepper. Layer the onion and cabbage on top of the potatoes and add enough water to cover the mixture.

Boil and then simmer for 15 to 20 minutes untl the potatoes are cooked. Mash the mixture thorougly adding the buter and milkt to ensure a good consistency. Serve with meat, steak, sausages, etc.

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Boxty (Potato Cakes)

1/2 lb Raw potato
1/2 lb Mashed potato
1/2 lb Plain flour
Milk
1 Egg
Salt and pepper

Grate the raw potatoes and mix them with the cooked mashed potatoes. Add salt, pepper and flour. Beat the egg and add to mixture with just enough milk
to make a batter that will drop from a spoon.

Drop by tablespoonfuls onto a hot griddle or frying pan. Cook over a moderate heat for 3-4 minutes on each side.

Serve with a tart apple sauce, or as part of an Breakfast Fry, with fried bacon, fried sausage, fried eggs, fried black pudding, fried bread, fried soda bread, etc.

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IRISH COFFEE
60 ml of Irish Whiskey

1 teaspoon of brown sugar
Freshly made strong black coffee
Double cream freshly whipped to peak

Gently warm an Irish Whiskey/Cofee glass in hot water. Pour whiskey and sugar into the glass and stir. Add the fresh made coffee filling the glass to within half an inch or so of the top. Pour the cream onto the top of the mixture gently using the back of a spoon to prevent splashing. Do not stir. Add grated chocolate to the top if required.

Answer 2

Maybe Shepherd's pie?

Salmon & Eggs for breakfast?

When I visited Ireland, everyone was always ordering take-out, pizza and Indian food :P

Just grab a pint of Guinness!

Answer 3

corned beef and cabbage, potatoes, maybe an irish breakfast.

Answer 4

http://www.bellaonline.com/subjects/2169.asp
http://www.foodireland.com/recipes/