This decadent dessert is the ultimate comfort food dessert - Spiced bread and butter pudding topped with a salted caramel liqueur sauce.
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Delicious fudgy cake with a silky chocolate icing. Perfect for sharing with friends and family over the Easter holiday.
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Cosy up with this tried and tested childhood stew! A good lamb stew is one of my all-time favourite comfort foods and, I think, perfect at this time of the year when we crave something hearty in the evening.
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It’s the bread that’s always on my kitchen table at home — I make it every Saturday morning. It’s similar to the traditional Irish soda bread, but made with yoghurt and rosemary. Thyme makes a lovely substitute, or herbs can be left out altogether.
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I like to serve this as a sharing starter… Guinness treacle brown bread sliced on a wooden board, alongside a platter of the smoked salmon with wedges of lemons and the bowl of aioli.
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This soup reinterprets the Irish classic ‘colcannon’, a dish that is made of mashed potatoes and leeks or cabbage. You could some pulled pork or pancetta to this soup if you wish. Delicious served with my Clodagh soda bread.
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A hearty, warming, slow-cooked beef casserole filled with the flavours of smoky pancetta, earthy chestnut mushrooms and shallots plumped with the stewing juices is the best gift you can give to yourself for supper during these cold evenings.
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Fresh Chocolate Truffles dipped in raw coconut flakes; pistachio & cranberries; and the third simply in cocoa powder. SO incredible simple to make. I love serving these instead of dessert followed by a hero farmhouse cheese.
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Deliciously gooey Guinness chocolate brownies!
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Salmon fish fingers coated in crispy panko-parsley breadcrumbs are guaranteed to beat the ones in the freezer. Simple flavours, yet when put together with a zingy lemon aioli for dipping, it will leave everyone wanting more.
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Colcannon is a traditional Irish recipe made up of creamy, buttery mashed potatoes mixed with kale or shredded cabbage. The ultimate in comfort food and the perfect side to a Sunday roast.
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A variety of different seafoods and vegetables cooked in a cream base to create a rich and hearty soup.
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I grew up eating lots of smoked fish and this chowder is one of my favourite ways to cook with smoked haddock. The delicious smoky flavours infuse the creamy soup — and the sweetness of the corn in adds a ray of sunshine. Make it in big batches so that you can freeze it for later.
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The Irish coffee is an iconic cocktail, and the original recipe is not difficult. It requires four common ingredients: The combination of a smooth Irish whiskey with rich black coffee that's sweetened and topped with cream is an absolute delight.
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A creamy dessert of Irish cream and espresso-soaked ladyfingers surrounded by lightly sweetened whipped cream and a rich mascarpone.
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This Irish whiskey Old Fashioned is the perfect libation.
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This is my cheer me up bread. Weather is kind of miserable so let’s bring a bit of cheer to our homes with the smell of fresh bread baking in the oven. This will take you 15 minutes to prepare - stir, shape and bake. No kneading, or proofing, the sweet citrus flavour of the orange is SO good with the dried fruits, I’m using a mix of raisins and sultanas but you could use dried apricots or dates too.
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This cake can only be described as dark and majestic. The bitterness of the Guinness is balanced by the sugar and the vanilla icing adds a fluffy lightness to balance it perfectly.
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Continuing my St Patrick's Day inspiration - Grilled Steak with Guinness Peppered Sauce and Rosemary & Sea Salt Roasties - melt in the mouth steak with a luscious creamy peppered sauce that has delicious notes of Guinness and crispy rosemary sea salt potatoes to dip into the sauce. Heaven!
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