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St. Patrick’s Day is the perfect time to celebrate some of Ireland’s tastiest recipes. So put down your green beer or your cuppa for a bit and enjoy some foods from the Emerald Isle with your family and friends.
Below you’ll find recipes and cookbook excerpts to get you started.
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Irish soda bread | Shamrock shake mocktail | Colcannon with green cabbage |
Loin of Bacon with Crispy Cabbage & Mustard Sauce |
Classic Ulster Shepherd’s Pie Colcannon with green cabbage
Irish soda bread
Each March, we enjoy celebrating Pi Day on the 14th and St. Patrick’s Day on the 17th with our customers. Some of our favorites that month are Irish Stew and Irish Soda Bread. What exactly is Irish Soda Bread? You can think of it as just a big biscuit. This bread doesn’t keep long because of the high soda content, but your family will likely eat it up in no time. It’s especially good with homemade jam — or feel free to try one of ours (I especially like our Pleasant Grove Strawberry Jam on it).
Excerpted from Kneaders Bakery & Café: A Celebration of Our Recipes and Memories by Colleen Worthington (Shadow Mountain, 2024)
Makes 1 loaf
Prep time: 15 minutes
Total time: 1 hour
Ingredients
- 3 cups high-quality all-purpose flour, such as Lehi Mills
- 2½ teaspoons sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 3 tablespoons softened butter
- 1 egg
- 1¼ cups buttermilk
Directions
Preheat oven to 375°F.
Combine all ingredients together in a mixing bowl. Mix on low speed just until everything starts to come together into a dough, approximately 1 minute. Finish mixing by hand until all the flour is absorbed into the dough.
Transfer the dough to a lightly floured surface and loosely shape it into a round ball. Place it onto a greased half-sheet baking pan.
Slightly flatten the top by gently patting it down. Use a serrated knife to score an X across the top center of the loaf. Immediately place the bread, on the baking pan, in the oven. Bake for 35 to 40 minutes, or until the internal temperature reaches 190 degrees. The bread is best when served still warm.
Tasty tips: Check the expiration date on your baking soda. Fresh soda yields the best results.
Shamrock shake mocktail
This minty matcha milkshake is fun to drink anytime, and perfect for festive Irish parties.
Excerpted and adapted from A Return to Ireland: A Culinary Journey From America to Ireland by Judith McLoughlin (Hatherleigh Press, 2022)
Ingredients
- 1¾ cups vanilla ice cream
- 1 cup milk
- 1 tablespoon matcha powder
- 1 teaspoon peppermint extract
- 1 drop green food coloring (more optional for greener color)
- Fresh whipped cream
- Dash of vanilla extract
- White chocolate (shaved)
- Sprig of mint
Directions
Whip the cream with the dash of vanilla extract and set aside. Combine the vanilla ice cream, milk, matcha powder, peppermint extract and green food coloring in a blender and mix until smooth. Pour into a chilled glass and top with vanilla cream, white chocolate shavings and a sprig of fresh mint. Serve with a straw!
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