Top 5 Irish Recipes for Saint Patrick’s Day!
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For obvious reasons Saint Patrick’s Day is near and dear to my heart. Not only do I have fond memories of going to the parade in Ireland but also of the traditional food we would have around this time. Today, I’m excited to share my Top 5 Irish Recipes for St. Patrick’s Day.
Ireland is known for the amazing produce we have available to us. Although the rain can seems like a curse at times, it is a blessing for animals to graze on such lush green grass. This in turn makes the animals very happy, and happy animals means delicious butter, cheese and meat.
I consider myself lucky to have grown up in Ireland. I am an eighties baby so luckily when I was young there were no iPads and iPhones to be glued to. With 4 other siblings we spent our days outside in fields, making huts, horse riding and so on. They were pretty innocent times that we were fortunate to have.
Being from a large family meant my mum cooked a lot. She is an amazing cook. My dad wasn’t one for leftovers so my mum would make new dinners every single night. She never did things by halves either. The same care and attention is still put into every meals today as she did back then.
As a young child I followed my mum around the kitchen watching while she baked. Some of my earliest memories are actually food memories. She always had us help out in the kitchen. We did jobs that little hands were good at like standing at the mixer as egg whites whipped for pavlova, slowly adding in spoonful after spoonful of sugar as instructed. She had us down on the kitchen floor with a rolling pin and digestive biscuits in a bag bashing them until you got crumbs. Food is a big part of my culture and I use the same traditions and techniques I have carried with me to this day.
1. Traditional Irish Bread & Butter Pudding
Serious comfort food, this dessert is perfect for a cold Winter’s night.
2. Traditional Irish Scones
Let’s face it, anything served with butter, jam and cream is good to be delicious. Enjoy my NEW Best Ever Scones recipe!
3. Traditional Irish Soda Bread
A whole wheat bread that will be eaten just as fast as it was to whip up.
4. Irish Flapjacks
Homemade Oatmeal Bars that will transport you back to your childhood, if you grew up in Ireland.
5. French Macaron Pot of Gold for Saint Patrick’s Day
A fun treat for Saint Patricks Day is a creative twist on macarons. Enjoy this edible pot of gold.
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love the scones….I developed also the love for the “clotted cream” that is served with them when I was in Europe. However it is nearly impossible to find here. I found some in a Whole Foods once, but it was very expensive and not as good as you find in Europe. Do you have a recipe for clotted cream that does not involve hunting down a farmer who will sell you unpasteurized cream? I just love that whip cream/butter flavor. thanks.
Hi Carolyn,
I have never made clotted cream, it is a bit of a process, though there are ‘shortcut’ methods now.
Look for a recipe from the UK, there is a good one on the BBC Good food site. There are slow cooker methods online too, and when I get a chance I will try some of them, it would be great to find a fail safe one.
Malai, an Indian version of this recipe, is interesting to research. It is amazing how different cultures have similar recipes.
Thank you for this idea,
Gemma 😉
Absolutely love your videos and recipes! Thank you for allowing us to share in you’re heritage !
I’m delighted you like this recipe. Thanks for your kind message.
Best,
Gemma.
Do you have the custard slices or by the other name Millefeuille. If so can I get the recipe for it. Thank you.
I’ll add it to my list 🙂
Gemma.
Please post some authentic, traditional Irish recipes for St. Patrick’s ie: Irish stew.
What would your family typically eat on St. Patrick’s is what I am interested in.
Thanks for all other great recipes.
Hi Kathleen,
Actually traditionally, when I was growing up we had corned beef and cabbage with mashed potato and parsley sauce. Corned beef is not as available now, for some reason. It was boiled, for about 2 hours, and then cooled in the boiling water. The cabbage would then be cooked in some of the water. The parsley sauce made with a good bechamel/white sauce, and mash with butter and milk!
Apple crumble for dessert. (https://www.biggerbolderbaking.com/irish-apple-crumble/) here that is, and my mum too!
Now we might have a fish pie, or lamb stew. Lamb stew is Irish Stew. We make this as a ‘white’ stew. That is it is not fried off before adding to the stock. My mum uses a good chicken stock, bringing it to the boil. Have giggot lamb chops, these I think come from the shoulder, forequarter of the lamb. This is lovely for stewing. These are trimmed of fat, floured, salted, peppered and dunked in the simmering stock. Next white onion, swede.turnip, carrot, celery herbs. This is simmered for about 1 1/2 hours, then potato is added, peeled and cut up to cook in the pot until falling apart. This and the flour thickens this stew. It would make your heart sing on a cold winters day!
I hope this helps! now I feel homesick 🙁
Gemma 🙂
Cored beef and cabbage,with parsley sauce and Golden Wonder potatoes is what on the menu in my house this Patrick’s day ❤️❤️
Hi Gemma l adore your baking you are a fantastic chef. I used to live in tinaheley , and l originally hale from Liverpool, l wondered do you have a recipient for battenburg cake. Custard slices and French fancies like mr Kipling’s. Thanks Gemma.
Hi Diane,
Good to have you with us. I think this is Tinaheley, in Wicklow? The garden of Ireland, and very beautiful place to live.
Your recipe requests reflect your home of Liverpool, very Mary Berry.
Custard slices are delicious, known in other places as Mille-feuille Vanilla slice, and such a perfect thing. These will be made with a real homemade custard/creme pasissiere, but in Ireland when I was growing up we made these with Birds Custard!! haha-oops!
I will add these ideas to my list. Marzipan is a big request here so we should do that as a basic, and creme pat also, good idea Diane,
Gemma 🙂
Hi Gemma..
Love your recipes.. look forward to them each week. I can’t find your digestive biscuits recipe tho.. tried and just cant find it. Also.. just melting dark chocolate do for making the cho.covered digestives? or do you have a recipe for that also? Thanking you in advance..
Joy
Hi Joy,
This is on Donal’s website, we swapped recipes! (http://www.donalskehan.com/recipes/homemade-digestive-biscuits/) you will find it here.
Thank you for being in touch,
Gemma 🙂