Irish recipes
Enjoy the craic with some of our favourite Irish recipes, including classics such as colcannon, soda bread and Irish stew. Learn how to make Irish coffee at home too, to finish your meal in style.
We’ve got recipes from some of the island’s top talent, including Irish chef Richard Corrigan’s rib of beef and ideas from baking expert Cherie Denham, who grew up on a farm in Northern Ireland. We love her cheese and mixed herb scones.
All of the below are great for marking St Patrick’s Day on 17 March – or see our celebratory St Patrick’s Day collection, featuring recipes made with Baileys, whiskey and Guinness.
Showing 1-16 of 38 recipes
Roast beef recipes
Rib of beef with onions, goat’s cheese and broccoli
Richard Corrigan’s rib of beef dinner with new-season broccoli, creamy goat’s cheese baked onions and peppery watercress makes a spectacular...
Baking recipes
Date and walnut loaf
This classic date and walnut loaf recipe comes from Irish food writer Cherie Denham. We defy you to resist it...
Irish recipes
Spotted dog (Irish soda bread with sultanas)
Spotted dog is an enriched soda bread made with sugar, sultanas and egg. Cherie Denham shares her recipe for this...
Irish recipes
Soft and fluffy blaas (Irish bread rolls)
Learn how to make soft and fluffy blaas with Cherie Denham’s easy recipe. These legendary Irish rolls hail from Waterford....
Scone recipes
Cheese and mixed herb scones
Cherie Denham’s cheese scones are the ultimate treat with a hearty vegetable soup – a marriage of tangy cheese and...
Irish recipes
Soda farls
Cherie Denham shares a favourite family recipe for soda farls, the traditional Irish bake of flattened and griddled soda bread...
30-minute meal recipes
Colcannon with mustard-fried eggs
It doesn’t get more comforting than colcannon – cheesy, creamy mashed potato threaded with tender leeks and cabbage (or any...
Irish recipes
Irish coffee
A proper Irish coffee from Dublin born Robin Gill, the impressive chef owner of London’s Bermondsey Larder, Bottle + Rye...
Savoury bread recipes
Guinness and treacle soda bread
Sweet, moreish and perfect for sharing, try Liam Finnegan’s – head chef at Castle Bow restaurant in Somerset – recipe for...
Soup recipes
Irish onion soup
A rich and buttery onion soup topped with crispy blue cheese toasts makes this a heavenly vegetarian lunch dish for...
Irish recipes
Soda bread
Soda bread is quick to make as you don’t need to wait for it to prove, plus it doesn’t require...
Irish recipes
Cheese and potato cakes with pea purée
These smoked cheese potato cakes go perfectly with our recipe for refreshing mint pea purée – serve it for lunch...
Slow cook recipes
Oxtail braised in Guinness
Oxtail is slow-cooked in Guinness and good-quality beef stock until the meat becomes melt-in-the-mouth and the sauce turns dark, rich...
Irish recipes
Potato farls
Irish potato bread (or potato farls) are the star of the famous Irish breakfast and makes a great accompaniment to...
Irish recipes
Speedy cheddar and onion soda bread
Why have a cheese and onion in your sandwich when you could have cheese and onion soda bread? This oaty,...
Baileys recipes
Irish cream sundae with caramelised macadamias and pretzels
Top your favourite ice cream with pretzels, caramelised macadamias and a good shot of Baileys for an adults-only sundae.
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