Recipes

This is such a simple recipe but makes the point that if you use good quality meat, home-made burgers need very little else. The important thing is to use fresh, good quality mince. Homemade burgers are cheap, nutritious and so easy to make.
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Everyone’s favourite comfort food to round off an autumn meal - this version of the traditional apple plate pie is from Irish Country House Cooking, The Blue Book Recipe Collection.
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From Catherine's Italian Kitchen by Catherine Fulvio - “Once the pastry is made, this is actually a particularly easy recipe. I also make this same tart with fresh strawberries or raspberries and it looks and tastes beautiful for a summer party.”
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The simplicity of this pretty dish allows quality ingredients to speak for themselves: with its lovely delicate herbal flavours, St Tola goats’ cheese from Co Clare contrasts well with sweet and deeply coloured beetroot to make a deliciously subtle starter or light lunch. Be careful to use fresh walnuts, as they spoil and take on a bitter flavour when stored for too long.
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Organic lamb benefits from the extra herbs and floral flavours that a natural farming system encourages – especially the late season lamb raised in mountainous areas, such as Connemara and Kerry, which is in season now. Organic vegetables, herbs and yoghurt (eg Glenisk) are all now widely available, from farmers’ markets, specialist stores and good supermarkets. These kebabs would be delicious cooked either on the barbecue or under the grill.
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