Famous Irish Recipes Tea Towel full text:
Irish Coffee
Recipe
35ml of Irish whiskey
2 teaspoons brown sugar
freshly brewed coffee
lightly whipped cream
Method
warm the glass you intend to using for the Irish coffee with hot water
empty the water filled glass
add the sugar and Irish whiskey
add the hot coffee to within 1 inch of the brim of the glass and stir until the sugar is dissolved
slowly pour the cream over the top of the coffee
do not stir the cream into the coffee
Irish Stew
Recipe
1 1/2kg neck or shoulder of lamb
bouquet of parsley, thyme and bayleaf
3 large onions, finely chopped
salt and freshly ground black pepper
3 - 4 carrots, chopped into bite sized pieces
1 leek, chopped into bite sized pieces
1 small turnip, chopped into bite sized pieces
some small potatoes, peeled and quartered
75 - 100g cabbage, shredded finely chopped parsley
Method
remove the meat from the bone, trim off all the fat and cut into cubes, keep the bones.
place the meat in a pot, cover with cold salted water, bring to the boil, drain and rinse the lamb.
in a fresh pot put the meat, bones, bouquet of herbs, onions, seasoning, carrots, leeks and turnip and cover with water. simmer gently for one hour, skim off the foam as it rises, (this is very important for the final flavour and appearance of the stew.) add the potatoes and continue cooking for 25 minutes. for the last 5 minutes add in the cabbage. when the meat and vegetables are cooked remove the bones and bouquet of herbs. stir in the chopped parsley.
Irish Soda Bread
Recipe
4 cups flour
1 tbsp sugar
1 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda
4 tbsp butter
1 cup currants or raisins
1 large egg, lightly beaten
1 3/4 cups buttermilk
Method
mix flour, sugar, baking soda, baking powder and salt, add raisins, stir in eggs and butter, add buttermilk
mix dough with hands until well combined, divide dough into 4 greased pie pans. bake 40 minutes at 350 degrees.
