Irish recipes to try for St Patrick's day

To help you celebrate Saint Patrick’s Day, we wanted to share three Irish recipes that will make your holiday festive. 

Slow-cooked Irish stew

For this recipe, the stew meat you will need is lamb, particularly the cheaper cut, such as the neck area. Ask a local butcher to grab about two pounds of lamb and chop it into chunks for you. Next, cook up 7 ounces of bacon in a skillet and set aside. Brown your lamb in the same skillet with some sunflower oil and add both types of meat to a crockpot. Thickly slice three onions, chunk up several big carrots and medium-sized potatoes, and add those to the crockpot. 

Next, add your seasonings. You will need a small bunch of fresh thyme, three bay leaves, salt, and black pepper. Add enough water to cover the lamb inside the crockpot and cook on low for 7 hours. Lastly, add 3 ounces of pearl barley and one large leek cut into chunks and let the stew cook for one more hour on high. Stir in some butter when you are ready to serve and dig in!

Soda farls

This is an easy bread recipe to make and share with guests. To make one loaf, you will need a cup of all-purpose flour, ½ teaspoon of salt, 1 teaspoon of sugar, 1 heaping teaspoon of baking soda, and just over 7 ½ fluid ounces of buttermilk. Whisk your dry ingredients in a mixing bowl and create a well in the middle. Pour in the buttermilk and stir with a rubber spatula to combine. Get a floured cutting board, knead the dough for a couple of minutes, and roll it into roughly an 8-inch circle. 

Using a sharp knife, make an X in the middle of the dough (don’t cut all the way through), and heat a heavy skillet over medium-low heat. Cook each side of the dough for about 10 minutes until golden brown. Remove skillet from the heat and serve the bread warm along with softened butter.

Irish cream tiramisu

End your meal with this delicious no-bake dessert. It calls for golden caster sugar, which isn’t easy to find in the states, but you can substitute it with granulated sugar and use a food processor to create a crystal-like consistency. Alternatively, use a coffee grinder to do this if you don’t own a food processor. 

First, separate four eggs into different bowls and whisk the egg whites until they form stiff peaks. A stand mixer is a great tool that will make that process go quickly. Next, add ½ cup of caster sugar to the egg yolks in the other bowl and whisk until thick and foamy. Add a 17 ½ ounce container of mascarpone plus 3.4 ounces of Irish cream liqueur to the egg yolk mixture and whisk until well incorporated. Fold the egg whites into the rest of the dessert mixture with a metal spoon to keep as much air as possible. 

Get out a serving dish (an 8 X 8 pan works) and prepare your ladyfingers. Pour 10 fluid ounces of strong coffee into a shallow dish and soak each ladyfinger for a few seconds. Add these into a single layer in the bottom of your serving dish and spread half of your cream mixture on top. Shave some dark chocolate on top and repeat. Ensure the top layer of cream is distributed evenly and leave it in the fridge up to overnight, and dust cocoa powder on top with some more chocolate shavings just before serving. 

These Irish recipes are relatively straightforward and easy to make. We hope you all have a wonderful holiday and look forward to sharing more recipes with you soon!