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Lamb Stew Hot Pot
This is a great nutritionally complete dinner in one pot for the whole family. You can also use neck of lamb or gigot chops to make this stew. Simply ask your butcher to cut it into 1½cm slices for you. Serves 6 Ingredients 675g shoulder of lamb 4 tablesp. plain flour Salt and freshly-ground black […]
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Smoked Salmon Pâté
Cliff Academy: Lesley Keogh’s Smoked salmon pâté The west coast of Ireland is famous for its quality traditional smoked salmon. Beautiful served on its own, you can also give it a twist with this simple pâté recipe. Ingredients 8oz/225g smoked salmon 8oz/225g cream cheese 1 tsp horseradish sauce 1 tsp lemon juice A few sprigs […]
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Born and Braised Recipe
You can put away the frying pan because it’s time for Shin of beef served with beetroot and bone marrow gremolata. Servings 4-6 people The Brine 4 litres water 400g salt 150g sugar 400ml black treacle (supermarket) 3 bay leaves (farm shop) 4 cloves garlic (Wild Garlic can be foraged in various locations and […]
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Bacon and Cabbage Terrine
“Our Bacon & Cabbage Terrine is always a hit, this is a different slant on an old favourite Irish dish. When it comes to sauces, there is absolutely no need to use flour as a thickening agent, I haven’t in this dish nor do I in any of my other dishes, so this is a […]
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Rhubarb Bread and Butter Pudding
It makes a pretty and deliciously refreshing late winter/early spring treat. Bread and Butter Pudding is also delicious with apple and cinnamon, or even mixed spice… try gooseberry and elderflower as soon as they come back into season. Don’t cut down on the cream in this recipe and don’t use too much bread.” 450g(1lb) red […]
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An absolute must for Christmas Day!
This Christmas Pudding is gorgeous… give it a try!! Main Ingredients. 110g Breadcrumbs 225g Suet 225g Ruscavado Sugar 110g Flour Pinch Baking Powder 1teasp Mixed Spice 1/2 teasp Nutmeg 1/2teasp Cinnamon 300g Currants 300g Raisins 200g Minced Prunes 110g Mixed Peel 2 Carrots, grated 125ml Guinness 25ml Rum 5 Eggs, beaten 1 tablesp Black Treacle […]
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Shortcross Gin & Tonic Cake
The festive season is fast approaching with only four more weeks until Christmas Day! Why not break away from tradition this year and instead of baking a Christmas Pudding for dessert, bake a Gin & Tonic Cake using one of Northern Ireland’s award-winning gins – Shortcross Gin. Have a look at the recipe below and […]
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Feast or Famine ~
We sat with Chef Emmett McCourt whilst he visited Toronto for The Royal Agriculture Winter Fair! Chef Emmett tells us the story on his culinary journey and what prompted him to write Feast or Famine… currently he is working on his next issue Feast or Famine Part 2… the journey from farm to feast…
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A spooky Halloween supper
Halloween isn’t your typical celebration. And, Halloween food isn’t exactly ‘normal’ either. Fact: we owe Halloween to Ireland. This is the autumn festival when, as my ancestors believed, the ghosts of the dead returned to the land of the living. Spooky. Really, though, that’s why we like Halloween. It’s not ‘normal’. It’s scary, it’s unpredictable […]
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Chef Stephen’s Feast!!
Stephen Jeffers is a very well-known culinary figure in Ireland. Stephen thrives on teaching and sharing with everyone his knowledge and talents. TOMATO SALAD This salad can be changed in so my ways. For example, simply toast some good Italian bread, top with salad, crumbled goat’s cheese and toasted pine nuts and you have a […]