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    Any good Irish recipies for this evening?? Thinking of Irish stew at the moment. Got Guiness and whiskey in already!
    LJ there's a hugh FW recipe on the BBC site for colcannon - ever yried it?
    "Nicos, Queen of Gooooogle" and... GYO's own Miss Marple

    Location....Normandy France

  • #2
    Irish Stew - or did you want something a bit more inventive
    ntg
    Never be afraid to try something new.
    Remember that a lone amateur built the Ark.
    A large group of professionals built the Titanic
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    • #3
      I think I'd go for Beef In Guiness with cabbage and mashed potato on the side. My other half wouldn't appreciate fried up cabbage and mash so I haven't tried Hugh's colcannon. There is a nice looking recipe at www.uktvfood.co.uk for Beef and Oxtail Stew which I intend trying on him.
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      • #4
        There is guinness cake: All eyes will be smiling when you serve this cake! The magic ingredient? A cup of Guinness® stout. The beer adds a hint of coffee-like flavor to the cake. If you'd like a non-alcoholic cake, substitute milk for the beer. It's still a great cake!


        INGREDIENTS
        16 T. butter (1/2 lb.)
        1 cup dark brown sugar
        1 cup sugar
        2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
        1 teaspoon ginger
        1 teaspoon cardamom
        1 teaspoon cinnamon
        1/2 teaspoon salt
        2 2/3 cups flour
        3/4 cup cocoa
        1 cup Guinness® stout
        6 eggs
        8 ounces cream cheese, softened
        1/2 cup butter, softened
        1 1/2 pounds confectioner's sugar
        1 teaspoon vanilla extract

        In a bowl, cream together the butter and both sugars. In another bowl, mix together the baking powder, spices, salt, flour and cocoa. At the very last moment, add the Guinness to the eggs. (Don't let it sit too long, or the alcohol will begin to cook the eggs!)

        Add half of the dry ingredients to the butter and sugar mixture and blend, then add half of the wet ingredients. Repeat this process until all the ingredients are combined.

        Pre-heat the oven to 350°, and line the bottom of at least two 9-inch diameter cake pans with wax paper. (Use as many layers as you like for your own cake.) Divide the batter between pans, and bake until a toothpick inserted into the cake comes out clean, about 25 minutes. Cool cakes in pans for about 10 minutes, then turn them out onto a wire rack and peel off the wax paper. Let the layers cool completely before frosting.

        In a bowl, beat together the cream cheese and butter until mixed, then beat in the sugar. Finally, add the vanilla.

        Place one cake layer, bottom side up, on a platter. Spread with frosting, then top with another layer, bottom side down. Repeat with each layer, then spread the remaining frosting smoothly over the top and sides of the cake.
        Best wishes
        Andrewo
        Harbinger of Rhubarb tales

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        • #5
          waste of good guinness

          Dublin bay prawn cocktail for starters
          ntg
          Never be afraid to try something new.
          Remember that a lone amateur built the Ark.
          A large group of professionals built the Titanic
          ==================================================

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          • #6
            There's no such thing as good guinness in the UK
            Last edited by andrewo; 17-03-2006, 01:51 PM.
            Best wishes
            Andrewo
            Harbinger of Rhubarb tales

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            • #7
              There is no such thing as a good Guinness - anywhere !
              Don't serve boring old mash, serve Champ - mash made with cream and with chopped scallions (spring onions) through it - tastes divine and is Irish to boot
              Rat

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              Scottish by the Grace of God

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              • #8
                I'll have you know that my mash is NOT boring!! You cheeky devil.
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                • #9
                  Wasn't meant as a personal slander LJ - not for one minute would I imagine that your mash is boring, espesh given the recipe sites you are always promoting, but before trying champ, my experience of mash was that it was nothing special.
                  As a matter of interest, do you have a particular variety of potato that you tend to use depending on how you are cooking your tatties ?
                  Rat

                  British by birth
                  Scottish by the Grace of God

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                  • #10
                    Rat - you have to have a guiness at the Blue Bull in Sneem (Kerry), you might change your mind. And with a plateful of Dublin Bay Prawns .... mmm
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                    • #11
                      Ah, you see that's not the UK.
                      Best wishes
                      Andrewo
                      Harbinger of Rhubarb tales

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                      • #12
                        Oh yes Rat. I drive him mad when shopping when it comes to buying spuds. I grow Arran Pilot (you do don't you) because the slugs eat the main crop. I prefer these steamed but the tiny ones are thrown in a pan of stew. When they run out I have to buy the local potatoes "Cheshires" but theses are just an all rounder. I like King Edwards for steaming, Maris Piper for my lovely mash, Desiree for chips and wedges and for my gorgeous crispy roast potatoes I prefer Desiree. I cook them longer than most people so the insides are really soft. Baked potatoes is Maris Piper. Really though we are limited by the varieties available. One that I will never buy is Saxon.
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                        • #13
                          LJ
                          Am growing Foremost, Arran Pilot, British Queen, Rooster and Pink Fir Apple this year
                          Last edited by sewer rat; 17-03-2006, 09:30 PM.
                          Rat

                          British by birth
                          Scottish by the Grace of God

                          http://scotsburngarden.blogspot.com/
                          http://davethegardener.blogspot.com/

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                          • #14
                            Oh LJ...can I come for xmas dinner next year?? ..I'll do the washing up!!!
                            "Nicos, Queen of Gooooogle" and... GYO's own Miss Marple

                            Location....Normandy France

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                            • #15
                              Strangely enough paddy's whiskey and Guinness draught came up tops tonight! every-one else snorring happily as I speak!! hope you all had a fun night? ended up
                              eating Irish stew, cabbage n mash spuds
                              "Nicos, Queen of Gooooogle" and... GYO's own Miss Marple

                              Location....Normandy France

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