Irish cuisine
Emerald Isle fare
Irish cuisine centers on simple, hearty dishes built around potatoes, dairy, meat, and seafood.
Traditional preparations include Irish stew (lamb or mutton with potatoes and onions), soda bread, colcannon (mashed potatoes with cabbage or kale), and black and white puddings.
The cuisine reflects a history of agricultural subsistence, favoring filling, unpretentious food over elaborate technique: We had a proper Irish breakfast with rashers, eggs, and pudding.
Irish potato-cabbage mash
- coddleOverindulge or poach gently
- champInformal word for winner
- white puddingGrain-based British sausage
- bacon and cabbageIrish meat-and-vegetable dish
skink · seafood chowder · smoked salmon · fish and chips · bangers and mash · oysters · mussels · crab
Chemically leavened loaf
- brown breadWhole-grain baked staple
- barmbrackIrish fruited spiced loaf
- wheaten breadLoaf from light-colored grain
- griddle cakesFlat batter cakes, fried
Irish potato-cabbage mash
- champInformal word for winner
- mashCrushed soft mixture
- roastDry-heat cooking method
- gratinBaked dish, browned crust
wedges · famine · spud · new potatoes · floury · waxy · butter · scallion
Juvenile sheep
- brothClear simmered meat liquid
- carrotsEdible orange taproots
- parsnipsPale edible taproots
- turnipsEdible bulbous root crop
onions · leeks · pearl barley · thyme · rosemary · bay leaves · simmered · one-pot
Edible red seaweed
- kelpLarge brown marine algae
- noriDried edible seaweed sheets
- sea lettuceEdible green marine algae
- laverSeaweed or washing basin
bladderwrack · foraging · coastal · iodine
Solid fat from cream
- creamRich milk fat
- buttermilkFermented dairy beverage
- clotted creamThick scalded milk fat
- fresh milkRecently obtained cow beverage
colcannon
Irish potato-cabbage mash
- coddleOverindulge or poach gently
- champInformal word for winner
- white puddingGrain-based British sausage
bacon and cabbage · skink · seafood chowder · smoked salmon · fish and chips · bangers and mash · oysters · mussels · crab · cockles
soda bread
Chemically leavened loaf
- brown breadWhole-grain baked staple
- barmbrackIrish fruited spiced loaf
- wheaten breadLoaf from light-colored grain
colcannon
Irish potato-cabbage mash
gratin · wedges · famine · spud · new potatoes · floury · waxy · butter · scallion · leek
lamb
Juvenile sheep
turnips · onions · leeks · pearl barley · thyme · rosemary · bay leaves · simmered · one-pot · Guinness
Guinness
Irish dry stout brand
pub grub · toasties · crisps · stout · porter · ale · hot whiskey · snug · session · black and tan
dulse
Edible red seaweed
- kelpLarge brown marine algae
- noriDried edible seaweed sheets
- sea lettuceEdible green marine algae
laver · bladderwrack · foraging · coastal · iodine
butter
Solid fat from cream
- creamRich milk fat
- buttermilkFermented dairy beverage
- clotted creamThick scalded milk fat
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