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Irresistible Irish food

Irish food is so much more than potatoes. Though, there are some truly wonderful Irish potato dishes. Try our Irish recipes for stew, soda bread and stout cake and be transported to the Emerald Isle.

Irish honey cake with fairy icing

by Anna Haugh

A sweet treat doused in honey and orange blossom syrup, topped with homemade honeycomb for an impressive dessert.

For this recipe you will need a sugar thermometer.

Cakes and baking

Potato bread with wild mushroom cream sauce

Light meals & snacks

Irish fish chowder with soda bread

Treacle wheaten bread

Cakes and baking

Irish potato cakes with wilted greens

Irish beef stew

by Donal Skehan

Barmbrack

Cakes and baking

Chicken and cheddar cobbler

by Donal Skehan

Irish rarebit

by Paul Hollywood

Light meals & snacks

Spicy mussels with chorizo and cider

by Donal Skehan

Champ

by James Martin

The Ulster fry

by The Hairy Bikers

Colcannon

by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall

Boxty with crisp streaky bacon and maple syrup

by The Hairy Bikers

Brown butter colcannon

by Nigella Lawson

Easy Irish soda bread

by James Martin

Cakes and baking

No-churn Irish cream ice cream

by The Pigott Family

Irish stout cupcakes

by Donal Skehan

Cakes and baking

Chocolate and stout cake

by Angela Hartnett

Cakes and baking

Fifteen bites

Irish cream and chocolate cheesecake

Irish coffee

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Perfect potato sides

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