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.
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Savoury bread
Seaweed soda bread
Craggy and crumbly soda bread is quick to make. Adding seaweed to this Irish classic provides umami and boosts its nutritional benefits.
Roast beef
Rib of beef with onions, goat’s cheese and broccoli
Richard Corrigan's rib of beef dinner with goat's cheese onions and broccoli makes a spectacular spring Sunday roast or Easter lunch.
Baking recipes
Date and walnut loaf
This classic date and walnut loaf may keep for a few days in the tin, but you won't be able to resist it warm from the oven with butter.
Irish
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 farmhouse classic.
Irish
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.
Scones
Cheese and mixed herb scones
Cherie Denham's cheese scones are the ultimate treat with vegetable soup – a marriage of tangy cheese and herbs strewn over a soft scone.
Irish
Soda farls
Cherie Denham shares her recipe for soda farls, traditional Irish flattened and griddled soda bread cut into quarters ('farls').
30-minute meals
Colcannon with mustard-fried eggs
It doesn’t get more comforting than colcannon – cheesy mashed potato threaded with cabbage or leeks. Top with a fried egg for an easy supper.
Irish
Irish coffee
This cocktail encapsulates exactly why the classic Irish coffee remains ever popular. Enjoy on St Patrick's Day!
Savoury bread
Guinness and treacle soda bread
Sweet, moreish and perfect for sharing. Try Liam Finnegan's recipe for mini Guinness and treacle soda bread loaves - a great way to serve a crowd.
Soups
Irish onion soup
A rich and buttery onion soup topped with crispy blue cheese toasts makes this a heavenly vegetarian lunch dish for colder days.
Irish
Soda bread
Soda bread is quick to make as you don't need to wait for it to prove. Try serving with lashings of salted butter or a mixture of jams.
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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 or dinner.
Slow cook
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 and gravy-like.
Irish
Potato farls
Irish potato bread, or potato farls, are the star of the famous Irish breakfast and make a great accompaniment to many meals, Irish or otherwise
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Speedy cheddar and onion soda bread
Soda bread is one of the easiest loaves to bake at home. This classic Irish bread gets a flavour boost care of cheddar and onion.
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