Recipe Index: St. Patrick'S Day

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Caraway Soda Bread
Caraway Soda Bread
One of the things I love about making soda bread is that it is just so darn easy. With yeast breads you have to proof the yeast, knead the dough, let the dough rise, etc. But with soda breads, there's...
Chocolate Guinness Cake
Chocolate Guinness Cake
Get in the mood for St. Patrick's Day with this rich, chocolatey, moist, out-of-this-world chocolate guinness cake from Simply Recipes contributor Garrett McCord. And for more ideas, see our St. Patrick's Day recipes section. ~Elise I'm not a big chocolate...
Chocolate Mint Cupcakes
Chocolate Mint Cupcakes
In the chocolate cupcake battle between fresh spearmint and bottled peppermint extract, so far the peppermint mint extract is winning. "It's sort of like a thin mint, reincarnated as a cupcake," I declared to Garrett, about the peppermint extract version...
Colcannon
Colcannon
Have you ever had colcannon? A St. Patrick's day favorite, it's a mixture of creamy mashed potatoes and usually kale or cabbage. I first encountered colcannon while doing research on traditional Irish cooking. Not surprisingly the Irish have all sorts...
Corned Beef and Cabbage
Corned Beef and Cabbage
Last year for St. Patrick's Day, my friend Suzanne had me over for dinner with her family and served the tastiest corned beef and cabbage dish. Usually we prepare corned beef and cabbage boiled, but Suzanne had baked her corned...
Corned Beef Hash
Corned Beef Hash
One of the best reasons to make corned beef and cabbage is for the leftovers. Corned beef sandwiches with mustard and lettuce, or corned beef hash, fried up with leftover boiled potatoes, to serve with runny fried eggs for breakfast...
Grasshopper Pie
Grasshopper Pie
My grandmother, on my dad's side, had an amazing sweet tooth. How that woman could eat as many jelly-filled donuts as she did and still live to 97, I'll never know. One of her favorite pies to make for us...
Guinness Bread with Molasses
Guinness Bread with Molasses
Please welcome guest author Hank Shaw of Hunter, Angler, Gardener, Cook who shares his favorite Guinness bread recipe. ~Elise This is just about the easiest sweet bread I know; it takes precious little thought to make, tastes wonderful with sweet...
Irish Beef Stew
Irish Beef Stew
"Have I got the best recipe for you!" my friend Tomas announced, upon his return from a trip to photograph vineyards in Italy. "It's an Irish beef stew," he added, "and it's the best thing I've ever had." Apparently the...
Irish Lamb Stew with a Twist
Irish Lamb Stew with a Twist
Around St. Patrick's Day I notice many people coming to this site looking for an Irish lamb stew recipe. After some experimentation and a lot of research into Irish stews, I've settled on a stew that has its roots in...
Irish Soda Bread
Irish Soda Bread
Around ten years ago I took a vacation in Ireland, spending days driving in and around Western Ireland. I still have vivid memories of bright green hills, muddy bogs, sheep with the scariest eyes, massive downpours, happy raucous pubs, learning...
New England Boiled Dinner
New England Boiled Dinner
New England boiled dinner is a one pot dish consisting of corned beef or plain beef brisket or smoked picnic ham shoulder, with cabbage, carrots and potatoes. When made with corned beef, it's an Irish-American corned beef and cabbage dish...
Parsnip Soup with Leeks and Parsley
Parsnip Soup with Leeks and Parsley
Green is the color of Ireland, which you understand immediately if you've ever been there or even flown over it. Looking over the land from several thousand feet up, one cannot but be struck by the patchwork of vivid shades...
Watercress Soup
Watercress Soup
One of my earliest memories as a kid was my father taking the family out on excursions to Antelope Valley, about an hour and a half outside of Los Angeles where we lived. We used to go out there to...