Ireland
Irish Seafood Chowder
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An Irish creamy seafood soup with fish, mussels, and potatoes, a coastal and daily classic
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Connacht, Ireland
Irish Soda Bread
Arán sóide
An Irish quick bread with flour, buttermilk, baking soda, and salt, a daily and essential staple.
Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Irish Stew
Stobhach
Ireland's national dish: a one-pot stew of mutton or lamb with potatoes, onions, and carrots in stock.
Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Irish Whiskey
Uisce beatha
An Irish triple-distilled whiskey
Limerick, Ireland
Limerick Ham
Sweet-cured, spice-glazed ham traditionally served at Easter in Limerick.
Leinster, Ireland
Oriel sea salt
Oriel sea salt is a condiment from Clogherhead, rooted in local cooking tradition.
Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Poitin
Poitín is a strong Irish spirit traditionally distilled from potatoes, grain, or malt.
United Kingdom
Porridge
Leiteoige
Pinhead or rolled oats simmered with water and salt and stirred until thick, eaten with milk, cream or a little sugar.
Ireland
Porter Cake
Cáca pórtair
An Irish rich fruit cake with stout, spices, and dried fruits, a festive and tea classic
Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Potato Bread
Fadge
Mashed potato worked with flour and butter, rolled thin, cut into triangles and cooked on a griddle, then fried at breakfast.
United Kingdom
Scone
Sconaí
A small plain or fruited quick bread, split and spread with jam and clotted cream as the centre of a cream tea.
Cork, Ireland
Skirts And Kidneys
Dublin offal stew.
Ireland
Sloke
Slocán
Purple laver seaweed simmered into a dark purée and served with butter or fried bread.
Leinster, Ireland
Smithwick's Ale
Ruby-red Irish ale first brewed at St. Francis Abbey in Kilkenny since the 1700s.
Munster, Ireland
Sneem Black Pudding
Sneem Black Pudding is the protected Kerry recipe with a distinctive crumb and texture.
Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Soda Farl
A quarter of a soda bread round cooked on a griddle rather than baked, split and fried or buttered hot.
Dublin, Ireland
Spice Bag
A Spice Bag combines chips, fried chicken, peppers and onions with chilli seasoning and curry sauce; the late-2000s Templeogue takeaway is its Dublin origin story.
Cork, Ireland
Spiced Beef
Cork-cured beef, traditional Christmas dish.
United Kingdom
Steak and Ale Pie
A classic British pub pie of braised beef, onions, carrots, stock and dark brown ale baked under a flaky crust, seasoned with herbs and Worcestershire sauce.
Leinster, Ireland
Taco Chips
Chips loaded with seasoned mince, cheese, and sauces, a Dublin chipper invention.
Munster, Ireland
Timoleague brown pudding
Timoleague brown pudding is a cooked sausage from Timoleague, rooted in local cooking tradition.
Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Ulster Fry
A fried breakfast distinguished by soda farl and potato bread on the plate alongside bacon, sausage, egg and both black and white pudding.
Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Veda Bread
A soft, sweet, malted brown loaf with a sticky crumb, baked commercially and eaten toasted with butter.
Waterford, Ireland
Waterford Blaa
Blaa
A Waterford soft white bread roll with a floury crust, a daily and regional classic
Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Wheaten Bread
A Northern Irish yeast-free soda bread made with wholewheat flour, buttermilk and butter, dusted with oats, eaten fresh with butter and jam.
Northern Ireland, Ireland
White Pudding
Putóg bhán
An Irish pork sausage with oatmeal, fat, and spices, a daily and breakfast classic
Ireland
Winkles
Bairíní
Periwinkles boiled in seawater and picked out with a pin, a traditional Irish seaside snack.