10 recipe ideas for St. Patrick's Day
On the occasion of St. Patrick's Day, March 17, discover our sweet and savoury recipe ideas to put in the colours of Ireland.
Soda Bread
Soda bread is a very popular bread in Ireland! It is a blend of baking soda and the acidity of buttermilk (ribot milk) that gives it its bubbles and that little nutty taste.
Ingredients:
- 250 g of wholemeal flour
- 220 g of white flour
- 1 teaspoon of salt
- 1 teaspoon of baking soda
- 2 teaspoons of yeast
- 280 ml of buttermilk (fermented milk, ribot milk ...)
- 1 egg
Steps:
1/ Preheat the oven to 190°C.
2/ Sift together flour, salt, baking soda and yeast. Add buttermilk and beaten egg to the mixture.
3/ On a floured work surface, knead the dough until it becomes smooth. Form a round ball and place the dough on a baking sheet. Draw a cross on the top of the bread, then bake for 35-40 minutes.
4/ Serve slightly hot with butter.
Irish Stew
Irish Stew or Stobhach Gaelach in Irish is an Irish specialty made from lamb meat, served with potatoes, onions and carrots. This Irish Stew is the traditional national dish eaten on St. Patrick's Day.
Ingredients for 4 people:
- 1 kg lamb stir-fry cut into pieces
- 3 carrots
- 5 to 6 onions
- 2 kg of potatoes
- 1 veal stock
- thyme
- salt, pepper
Steps:
1/ Preheat the oven to 180°C.
2/ Peel the potatoes, carrots and onions.
3/ Cut the potatoes into thin slices with a mandolin. Cut the carrots into slices. Finely mince the onions.
4/ Put a first layer of potatoes in the bottom of a dish, with carrots and onions then add pieces of lamb on top, salt and pepper and add thyme. Add the potatoes, carrots, onions and lamb, season with salt and pepper and add thyme. Finish with a last layer of potatoes.
5/ Cover everything with water.
6/ Bake for 2h15.
Fruit Spread Tarts
To stay in the Irish tradition, discover the Folláin No Sugar Added Fruit Spread Tarts. Since 1983 the Irish company has been producing quality jams, fruit preparations and marmalades, based on traditional Irish recipes handed down from generation to generation.
Ingredients for 12 parts:
- 400 g of flour
- 200 g of soft butter
- A tablespoon of cold water
- 250 g of Folláin spread with no added sugar of your choice: apricot, blackcurrant, blueberry raspberry, 3 fruits, orange, mango passion.
Steps:
1/ In a salad bowl, whisk the butter with the tablespoon of water and a little flour. Mix with a fork until you get a paste. Slowly add the rest of the flour until you get a nice dough.
2/ Wrap in plastic film and place in the refrigerator to cool for about an hour.
3/ Preheat your oven to 200°C.
4/ Spread the dough on a lightly floured surface.
5/ With a round cookie cutter, cut circles in the dough. Place the circles of dough in small tart dishes. Put a teaspoon of Folláin spread in each tart.
6/ Bake for about 15 or 20 minutes or until the dough is crisp and golden and the jam is bubbling inside.
Pistachio biscuits
St. Patrick's Day celebrates Ireland, its values and its colours. It is therefore essential to add a touch of green to our recipes! Discover a delicious recipe for pistachio biscuits. For the icing, choose the colour of your choice, for us it will undoubtedly be green!
Ingredients for 20 parts:
- 100g of flour
- 80 g of almond puree
- 2 eggs
- 100 g of unsweetened powdered pistachios
- 90 g of sugar
- 125 g of icing sugar
- 1 pinch of salt
- 1 tablespoon of lemon juice or hot water
- Food colouring (to make green: 5 drops of yellow and 3 drops of blue)
Steps:
1/ Combine sugar, flour, pistachio powder, a pinch of salt and almond puree. Mix with your fingers to make a sandy dough.
2/ Add a whole egg, beaten into an omelet. Mix until you get a homogenous paste.
3/ Reserve the dough for 1h30 in the refrigerator.
4/ Spread the dough out on a lightly floured work surface, placing a stretch film between it and the roller. Roll out the dough to obtain a thickness of about 5mm. Using cookie cutters, shape the patties and place them on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Form a ball with the leftover dough and form other patties.
5/ Brown the biscuits with an egg yolk dissolved in a tablespoon of water.
6/ Bake for 10 to 15 minutes at 180°C, carefully monitoring the colouring.
7/ Let cool before decorating.
8/ For the icing, mix with a fork the egg white with the lemon (or water) and icing sugar. Add food colouring to get the green colour.
9/ Spread the icing gently with a teaspoon.
10/ Leave to stand at room temperature.
Chocolate and salted caramel muffins
Lily O’Brien’s is an iconic Irish chocolate brand! Made from chocolate with salted caramel pieces, these chocolate muffins add a savoury touch to your St. Patrick's Day recipes.
Ingredients for 12 parts:
- 250g of flour
- 1/2 teaspoon of salt
- 2 teaspoons of yeast
- 50g of cocoa powder
- 100g of caster sugar
- 60g of brown sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 185 ml of whole milk
- 100 ml of vegetable oil
- 1 tablespoon of vanilla extract
- 170 g of Milk Chocolate and Caramel Pieces Lily O'Brien's
Steps:
1/ Heat the oven to 180°C. Line a 12-hole pan with paper crates or use muffin tins.
2/ Mix the flour, salt, baking powder, cocoa and sugars in a large bowl then make a well in the center.
3/ Beat the eggs and milk in a large bowl, then pour the milk mixture into the well with the oil and vanilla. Whisk everything together until you obtain a smooth and well mixed dough.
4/ Roughly chop the chocolate and add most of it to the mixture.
5/ Divide the mixture between the cupcake moulds and garnish each with a few of the remaining chopped chocolate pieces.
6/ Bake on rack halfway up of the oven for 20 minutes or until the dough is lifted and elastic. Let cool on rack.
St. Patrick's milkshake
Ingredients:
- 1 cup of vanilla ice cream
- 1/4 cup of milk
- 1 small bunch of mint
- Basil leaves
- 1 sachet of vanilla sugar
- Sweet whipped cream
Steps:
1/ Wash and mix the bunch of mint with few basil leaves.
2/ Add the ice cream, milk and vanilla sugar.
3/ Mix, then pour into 2 glasses.
4/ Decorate with whipped cream.
St. Patrick's Cupcakes
Ingredients:
For 8 cupcakes:
- 150 g of flour
- 150 g of sugar
- 120 g of butter
- 45 g of cocoa powder
- 1 plain yogurt
- 1 egg
- 2/3 of a sachet of baking powder
- salt
- 125 ml of Guinness
Icing:
- 60 g of butter
- 200 g of icing sugar
- 60 ml of whiskey cream
- a few drops of green food colouring
Steps:
1/ Preheat your oven to 180 °C.
2/ In a bowl, beat the egg, the butter and the sugar.
3/ Add the flour, cocoa, yeast and salt. Stir well.
4/ Then add the yogurt and the Guinness.
5/ Stir until you get a smooth but not liquid dough.
6/ Place the preparation in special silicone cupcake moulds.
7/ Bake for 25 minutes.
8/ Meanwhile, prepare the icing by beating together the butter, icing sugar, whiskey cream and green food colouring.
9/ Place the frosting in a pastry bag and decorate each cupcake once baked.
10/ Add sugar decorations to your wish.
Milkshake with Guinness
Ingredients for two glasses:
- 4 scoops of vanilla ice cream
- 1 small glass of milk
- 1 large can of Guinness
- Sweet whipped cream
- White and dark chocolate chips or dark chocolate sauce
Steps:
1/ In 2 pints, roughly mix 2 scoops of ice cream with the milk.
2/ Water each glass of the content of half a can.
3/ Add the whipped cream and the chocolate chips (or the dark chocolate sauce).
4/ Taste with straw.
Guinness pie
Ingredients:
- 1.5kg braising beef
- 3 onions
- 100g of flour
- 60cl of Guinness
- 1L of beef broth
- 2 oranges
- 1 egg yolk
- 2 teaspoons of sugar
- oil
- salt
- pepper
- thyme
- 2 rolls of shortcrust pastry
Steps:
1/ Cut the beef into cubes of about 2cm and brown them in a pan with little oil.
2/ Fry the onions over low heat with the meat, and gradually add the flour until it turns slightly brown.
3/ Then slowly add the Guinness, the thyme, the sugar, the orange zest, the salt, the pepper and the beef broth. Bring everything to a boil. Cover and simmer for about 1 hour 30 minutes.
4/ In a pie dish, place the first shortcrust pastry and bake for 20 minutes at 180 °C.
5/ Then put the preparation in it without putting too much liquid for fear of soaking the dough.
6/ Cover the dish with the second shortcrust pastry, which you will coat with beaten egg yolk, then bake for 1 hour at 200 °C.
Guinness and chocolate cake
Ingredients:
- 400 g of sugar
- 275 g of flour
- 230 g of butter
- 100 g of dark chocolate
- 1 can of Guinness
- 8 tablespoons of fresh cream
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon of baking powder
- whipped cream
Steps:
1/ In a saucepan, heat the beer, chocolate, butter and sugar. Stir until you get a smooth and homogeneous preparation.
2/ Then cut the heat and let cool.
3/ Add the eggs and the fresh cream, as well as the flour and yeast. Stir to obtain a smooth, lump-free paste.
4/ Preheat your oven to 180 °C.
5/ Pour the preparation into previously buttered cupcake moulds.
6/ Put in the oven and cook for 40 to 50 minutes.
7/ Cover with whipped cream before serving warm.
Article written by Manon C.
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