Irish Food and Cooking

This title deals with traditional Irish cuisine with over 150 delicious step-by-step recipes from the Emerald Isle. It is a fascinating introduction to the history and folklore of Ireland's food, together with over 150 authentic recipes that capture the essence of Irish cuisine. It features a comprehensive guide to Irish ingredients, from wild and cultivated harvest fruits, meats, game, and sea food catches to the most wonderful farmhouse dairy produce, and regional breads and brews. The authentic collection of recipes includes all the best-loved dishes, such as boxty potato pancakes, Dublin Bay prawns in garlic butter, beef and guinness casserole, and soda bread, all shown in over 700 easy-to-follow step-by-step photographs. It also features more adventurous classics, like oysters on the half-shell, Michaelmas goose with apple stuffing, dingle pies, and fraughan mousse. This inspired collection of 150 authentic step-by-step dishes captures the heart and soul of Irish cooking. The book is divided into chapters featuring the full range of ingredients from meat, poultry and game to fish and vegetables, together with chapters on the Irish breakfast, first courses, desserts, breads and bakes, preserves, and drinks. Dishes include all the classics from pea and ham soup, Irish stew, and Guinness and oyster pie, to brown bread ice cream, and rich and fruity porter cake. For anyone who wants to discover the secrets of this traditional culture, and wants to visit the land through its recipes, this is the perfect book.