Irish Cuisine

24 dishes · Community built

Irish Dishes

#1

Full Irish Breakfast

A hearty cooked breakfast of sausages, rashers, eggs, black and white pudding, grilled tomato and beans, served with toa...

#2

Irish Stew

A humble, hearty stew of lamb or mutton slow-cooked with potatoes, onions and carrots until the broth turns rich and thi...

#3

Irish Soda Bread

A dense, rustic bread leavened with baking soda and buttermilk instead of yeast, ready in under an hour.

#4

Barmbrack

A lightly spiced yeasted fruit bread studded with raisins and sultanas soaked in tea, traditionally baked for Halloween.

#5

Colcannon

Creamy mashed potatoes folded through with cooked kale or cabbage and spring onion, enriched with butter and milk.

#6

Boiled Bacon and Cabbage

Tender boiled bacon joint served with cabbage cooked in the flavorful cooking liquid.

#7

Irish Smoked Salmon on Brown Bread

Buttered brown soda bread topped with Irish smoked salmon, lemon and capers.

#8

Boxty

A traditional Irish potato pancake made from a mix of grated raw potato, mashed potato and flour, fried until golden.

#9

Champ

Buttery mashed potato mixed through with plenty of chopped spring onion, traditionally served with a well of melted butt...

#10

Irish Seafood Chowder

A creamy soup loaded with white fish, salmon, and mussels, thickened with potato.

#11

Irish Crubeens

Boiled pig's trotters, tender and gelatinous, traditionally eaten with the hands.

#12

Drisheen

A traditional Cork blood sausage made with sheep's blood and breadcrumbs, milder than black pudding.

#13

Carrageen Moss Pudding

A delicate, naturally set milk pudding made using dried Irish seaweed as a thickener.

#14

Irish Brown Bread

A dense, nutty wholemeal soda bread made with buttermilk — no yeast, no kneading.

#15

Dublin Coddle

A gentle, layered stew of sausages, bacon, potatoes and onions simmered together, a beloved Dublin working-class classic...

#16

Irish Apple Cake

A dense, spiced cake studded with chunks of apple, traditionally served warm with custard.

#17

Irish Coddle Sausage Pie

A baked pie filled with sausage, bacon, and potato in a savory pastry crust.

#18

Irish Coffee

Hot coffee mixed with Irish whiskey and sugar, topped with a layer of lightly whipped cream.

#19

Irish Whiskey Cake

A moist fruit cake soaked in Irish whiskey, dense and richly spiced.

#20

Guinness Beef Stew

Beef slow-braised in Guinness stout with carrots and onion until rich and tender.

#21

Beef and Guinness Pie

Slow-braised beef in a rich Guinness gravy under a golden puff-pastry lid.

#22

Bacon and Cabbage

Boiled bacon simmered with cabbage, potatoes, and a parsley cream sauce.

#23

Irish Potato Farls

Soft triangular potato breads cooked on a dry griddle — a key part of the Ulster fry.

#24

Black Pudding

A savory sausage made from oatmeal, pork fat, and blood, traditionally sliced and fried for breakfast.

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