Ireland
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Irish Stew
Ireland's hearth stew: lamb or mutton layered with potatoes, onions and carrots in a clear broth — the potatoes thicken it as it simmers into comfort. Ingredients: lamb or mutton neck/shoulder, potatoes (two kinds: flour…
Colcannon
Samhain's buttery mash: potatoes whipped with kale or cabbage, scallions and oceans of butter, a coin or ring hidden inside at Halloween. Ingredients: floury potatoes, kale or curly cabbage, scallions or leeks, milk or c…
Boxty
'Boxty on the griddle, boxty in the pan': a potato pancake of grated raw potato, mashed potato and flour, fried in butter — the north-west's beloved bread-cake. Ingredients: raw potatoes (grated and wrung), mashed potato…
Irish Soda Bread
Ireland's daily miracle: flour, salt, soda and buttermilk kneaded in minutes, marked with a cross and baked — no yeast, no waiting, a loaf from scarcity. Ingredients: plain and wholemeal flour, baking soda, salt, butterm…
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