More St. Patrick's day recipes....

Here are a few more recipes from my collection:

Irish Soda Bread

400g flour 
350mls buttermilk

1 tsp bicarbonate of soda

1 tsp salt 
1 tsp caster sugar

Preheat oven to 230c. Put all the dry ingredients

into a large bowl & mix together. Add milk & bring

the mixture together with an outstretched hand. Pat

the dough into a round shape & place on a lightly

floured tray. Cut a cross into the top. Bake for 15mins

then lower the temperature to 200c & bake for a further

30mins. Remove from oven & allow to cool upside down.

Serve with butter.

Dublin Coddle

450g sausages 450g bacon

1 large onion diced 5 carrot sliced

5 potatoes peeled & cut into chunks

vegetable stock salt & pepper

parsley

Put the meat & vegetables into a large pot & pour over enough

stock to cover. Bring to the boil & simmer for 1 ½ hours. Season

& garnish with the parsley. Serve with white soda bread.

Colcannon Cakes

400g of potatoes 150g of cabbage

20g of butter 1 egg beaten

Salt & pepper 3 tbsp of flour

Cook the potatoes for about 25mins in boiling salted

water until tender. Peel while they are still warm & mash

with some butter. In a separate pot, cook the cabbage

until tender & drain. Put the cabbage into a blender &

whiz until smooth. Mix the potatoes & cabbage together.

Stir in the beaten egg & season. Shape the potato cakes

into 2.5cm rounds. Dip in the flour & shake off any excess.

Heat the butter in a frying pan & fry the potato cakes until

golden.