Almost forgotten Great Irish dishes

Corsendonk

Shouldn't Irish stew always be mutton if the recipe is authentic? The long slow cooking process is for tougher meats like mutton and its only in recent years that we had lamb in any decent quantity. My mother remembers they always used mutton instead of lamb except for that short period of time in lambing season. Stew type dishes are about using the poorer ingredients not the best of the best vegetables or meat cuts so why would you use good lamb?

Anyone got any good recipes for making Brawn?

the beer revolu

the beer revolu wrote: »

Let the debate begin.

I knew it would start sooner or later!

Gulliver

Qualitymark wrote: »

Would it be Grant Loaf? http://www.saveur.com/article/Recipes/Doris-Grants-Brown-Bread

(For those arguing about Irish Stew, the name 'Irish Stew' generally refers to a white stew based on mutton. The fact that there's a dish called this doesn't make beef stew any less Irish, any more than non-fizzy wines produced in the Champagne district are any less champagnois!)

Thanks. I'll give it a go when I get a chance and let you know!

Drake66

Porter Cake

225g of butter
225g of brown sugar
300ml of Guinness or Murphys or other stout
zest of an orange
1 cup of raisins
1 cup of sultanas
half cup of mixed peel
half cup of glazed cherries
450g of plain flour
teaspoon of bread soda
2 teaspoons of mixed spice
3 eggs

Melt the butter and sugar in a saucepan with the stout. Add the orange zest and all the fruit apart from the cherries. Bring it to the boil and boil for 3 mins stirring frequently. Remove from the heat and allow to cool down.

Sieve the flour, soda and spice into a mixing bowl. Add the fruit mixture to the bowl. Add the cherries. Give it all a good mix. Whisk the eggs together and add gradually to the bowl while mixing. Line a 9 inch round tin with greaseproof paper. Throw the mixture in. Bake it for around 90 mins at 180c.

Drake66

Potato, Chive and Cheese Pancakes

175g of Grated raw potatoes
1/2 teaspoon of salt
2 egg yolks beaten
2 egg whites whipped to soft peaks
150ml of milk
225g of plain flour
25g of melted butter
75 of Strong Irish Cheddar
A bunch of chives, or garlic chives (Which are in season now)

Add the milk to the beaten eggs in a bowl and mix. Add the salt to season. Sieve the flour into the bowl and add the melted butter. Give it a mix. Stir in the grated potatoes, the cheese and the chives. Fold in the beaten egg whites and give the mixture a gentle mix. Heat a nob of butter in the pan. Pour some batter into the pan and cook gently for a few minutes on each side.

foodfetishist

so right