Irish colcannon is a mixed up mash of buttery potatoes and cooked kale and often scallions. Serve colcannan as a filling cold weather side dish.
Tag: St. Patricks Day
Colcannon
Corned Beef and Cabbage
(Irish-American braised brisket with vegetables)
Corned beef and cabbage is a traditional St. Patricks Day dish for Irish Americans, but not for the Irish themselves. The meal became popular in the United States in the 19th century.
Irish Stew
(Irish lamb and potato stew)
Even though this dish — known as ballymaloe, or stobhach gaelach in the Irish language — started out as a meal for hard times, its delicious flavor belies its humble origins.
Irish Soda Bread
(Irish soda-leavened bread)
This traditional recipe for Irish soda bread contains only flour, baking soda, salt and buttermilk. Soda bread became popular in Ireland in the 19th century when baking soda became available as a leavener.
Irish Coffee
(Irish whiskey, coffee and cream cocktail)
Warm up on a cold, wet winter night with an Irish coffee, invented in the 1940s on a cold night at an Irish airport and perfected by Americans in foggy San Francisco.