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I'll help ya!
First, nothing is more Irish than Irish Soda Bread...and it's EASY:
Irish Soda Bread
Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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3 c Flour
1 c Raisins
1/2 c Sugar
1 Egg
2 ts Baking soda
2 tb Oil
1 1/2 ts Caraway seed
1 1/2 c Buttermilk
Grease a round cake pan, press bread evenly into pan to fill pan. Dough is a little sticky. With we knife, cut a large X across the whole top of the bread. Bake at 350 for 40-45 minutes.
Then...
Colcannon
5 lbs. potatoes (peel them or not)
1 lb. kale (if you haven't kale, use cabbage)
1 lb. onions
A clove of garlic (or not, if you haven't)
1 cup sour cream USA or ? pint either, plain yoghurt, fromage frais or double cream.
2 tablespoons of butter (THIS you have to add)
Salt (two teaspoons at least!)
Pepper
Dice the potatoes and simmer them in an uncovered pot with barely enough water to cover until soft. Chop the kale or cabbage and onion (and the garlic if you have it) and add to the pot. Cover. Simmer for thirty more minutes and add the sour cream. Add salt and pepper and simmer for fifteen more minutes uncovered. Mix all with an electric beater/mixer until the consistency of mashed potatoes. Add the butter right before serving and mix thoroughly.
Or....
Dublin Coddle:
Serves: 6
Ingredients:
1 pound sliced bacon
2 pounds pure pork sausage links
2 large onions, sliced
2 cloves of garlic
4 large potatoes, thickly sliced
2 carrots, thickly sliced
1 large bunch of fresh herbs, tied with string
black pepper
hard cider (apple wine) or apple cider
fresh parsley, chopped for garnish
Lightly fry bacon until crisp. Place in large cooking pot. Brown sausage in some bacon grease or vegetable oil. Remove and add to pot. Soften sliced onions and whole garlic cloves in fat, then add to pot with potatoes and carrots. Bury the bunch of herbs in the middle of the mixture. Sprinkle with pepper. Cover with cider. Cook 1 1/2 hours over moderate heat; do not boil. Garnish with chopped parsley
Let me know how it turns out!
68O'ROX
