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20 classic dishes from Ireland, each with a recipe to find and a video showing how it’s made.

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20 dishes

  1. 1

    Irish stew

    Lamb or mutton simmered with potato, onion and carrot.

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    Colcannon

    Mashed potato beaten with kale or cabbage and butter.

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    Champ

    Mashed potato with spring onions and a well of butter.

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    Boxty

    Pancake made from grated and mashed potato.

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    Coddle

    Dublin pot of sausages, bacon, onion and potato.

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    Bacon and cabbage

    Boiled bacon joint with cabbage and parsley sauce.

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    Soda bread

    Quick bread leavened with buttermilk and bicarbonate.

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    Black pudding

    Blood sausage with oats, fried for breakfast.

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    White pudding

    Oat and pork sausage without blood.

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    Full Irish breakfast

    Eggs, sausage, bacon, puddings, tomato and toast.

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    Seafood chowder

    Creamy soup of smoked fish, mussels and potato.

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    Dublin Bay prawns

    Langoustines served simply with butter and lemon.

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    Beef and Guinness stew

    Beef braised in stout with root vegetables.

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    Crubeens

    Boiled pigs' trotters, once a pub staple.

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    Shepherd's pie

    Minced lamb under a browned mashed potato crust.

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    Dulse

    Dried seaweed eaten as a salty snack.

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    Barmbrack

    Fruited tea loaf with charms baked in for Halloween.

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    Potato farls

    Flat potato bread fried in the pan.

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    Apple tart

    Simple double-crust tart with cloves and cream.

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    Porter cake

    Dark fruit cake made with stout.

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