An irish meal

cardshark202 · 31-12-2008 7:22pm #1

Guys, I have to cook an 'Irish' dish to bring to a party where everyone brings food native to their country. Can anyone think of an easy to cook irish dish? Bear in mind I am living in buenos aires where I don't have much access to much lamb or pork but beef and chicken are widely available, especially beef!

January · 31-12-2008 8:31pm

Make a beef stew??

Dizzyblonde · 31-12-2008 9:18pm

Here's my recipe for shepherd's pie although it's made with beef!!
1lb of lean minced beef
2 medium carrots, diced
2 medium onions, chopped
1 pint of hot water
2 red Oxo cubes (or any beef stock cubes)
A teaspoon of tomato puree
A dessertspoon of flour - any kind
A dash of Worcestershire Sauce if you have it
A pinch of mixed herbs
Fry the onion and carrot in a little oil over a low heat until they start to soften. Turn up the heat and add the minced beef, fry until browned. Sprinkle on the flour and stir well over a low heat for a minute. Pour on the stock made with the Oxo cubes and hot water and stir well. Add the tomato puree, Worcestershire sauce and herbs then season with salt and black pepper (not too much salt!). Stir well and add a little more hot water if it looks too thick. Simmer for around 30 minutes.
Place in an oven-proof dish and cover with potatoes mashed with real butter and milk until light and fluffy, and drag a fork across the top to rough it up. Bake for 30 minutes at 180 degrees, gas mark 5.
For a change you can cover it with new potatoes sliced thickly and boiled until tender. Place them overlapping on top of the meat sauce and brush with oil. Yum!!

Dizzyblonde · 31-12-2008 9:20pm

Beef Stew - or casserole if you cook it in the oven:

1lb of rib steak, cubed, or steak pieces
2 carrots, sliced or diced
2 medium onions, diced
2 sticks of celery, diced
You can also add turnip if you like
A heaped dessertspoon of flour
2 red Oxo cubes or any beef stock cubes
A good pinch of mixed herbs or some fresh parsley and thyme
A tablespoon of Worcestershire sauce
Salt and black pepper
A squirt of tomato puree
A handful of barley
Hot Water
Put steak and vegetables into a pot, sprinkle flour on and crumble Oxo cubes in. Stir well. Add enough hot (not boiling) water to cover, and stir. Add all the other ingredients and stir well, then bring to the boil and simmer for 2 hours.

You can also do this in a covered casserole dish in the oven at 180C for 2 hours (leave out the barley and celery) and it tastes quite different.

rockbeer · 31-12-2008 10:51pm

Just bring a barrow load of Guinness

XxlauraxX · 01-01-2009 12:40am

Colcannon, Irish stew, bacon and cabbage,?

or you could just bring some brown bread and a pint of the black stuff !:D

Laura

cardshark202 · 01-01-2009 8:36pm

Thanks for the advice guys. In the end I was told to bring something that you could eat with your hands so I just breaded a load of chicken wings and legs and brought them! Not exactly irish but it didn't matter in the end. I have a nice recipe I created for a beef stew actually although I don't consider beef stew to be all that of an Irish meal! Anyway ty for the advice.