Irish Recipes

Irish Recipes

                                                                           by Collette

Each ethnic group arriving in America brought their own food specialties with them. The following could have been a favorite of Emily’s Irish family.

Dublin Coddle Recipe

1&1/2 pounds pork sausage, chopped in pieces     1 quart boiling water
1 &1/2 pounds smoked ham, diced in pieces          2 large onions, peeled
4 tablespoons chopped parsley                                  & sliced thinly
Salt and pepper to taste                                          2 pounds of potato
                                                                                 peeled and sliced thickly

Place sausage and ham in boiling water and boil 5 minutes. Drain, but reserve liquid. Put meat into a large saucepan with onions, potatoes and parsley. Add enough stock to not quite cover ingredients. Cover and simmer gently for one hour or until liquid is reduced by half and all ingredients are cooked, but not mushy. Remove lid from pot during the last half of the cooking process, if needed. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Serve with fresh bread. Serves: 8

The fresh bread to eat with coddle could have been Irish Soda Bread.

Irish Soda Bread

3 cups sifted flour                                          ½ cup chopped green candied
1/3 cup sugar                                                       cherries (optional)
2 ½ teaspoons soda                                        2 teaspoons caraway seed (opt.)
1 ½ teaspoons salt                                          2 cups raisins
2 tablespoons butter                                        1 ¾ cups rolled oats
1 egg                                                              1 ¾ cups buttermilk

Blend flour, sugar, soda and salt in a bowl. Cut in butter until blended. Mix in oats, cherries, caraway seeds and raisins. Combine buttermilk and egg; add gradually to flour mixture, stirring until blended. Place batter into greased 9 or 10 inch cake pan. Cut a deep cross in top of batter. Bake at 375 degrees for 45-50 minutes.