Authentic Irish Recipes

How about potato leek soup and shepherd's pie?

For the soup I use 3 leeks, 2 potatoes, 1 onion, and 4 cups of broth (chicken or veggies), then just let everything simmer until the potatoes are cooked, then blend... and add a bit of milk if it's too thick.

For the shepherd's pie I just use 90% ground beef that I brown with onions, then add some tomato sauce (a small can), then add frozen peas and carrots, then layer in a pan with some mashed potatoes on top (which you can make as high calorie as you like, really).

Obviously it's not 'authentic' though...

Look around the Daily Spud. They've got a boxty recipe I plan on trying some day. There's also this fry up of caloric sin, and apparently black pudding is a superfood now, so everything's kosher (or something). Also, the internet tells me this brotchan roy soup is ancient and authentic, so it must be true! I can tell you that it is amazingly delicious, so I highly recommend trying it.

DS did a school project on Ireland, and we were supposed to also bring in a sample food from that country. We brought in colcannon, which is now a STAPLE food in our house. We all just absolutely LOVE that stuff. Cabbage in mashed potatoes (essentially). Who knew that would be so flippin' awesome??

Victory , colcannon is mostly made with Kale, a bit of onion, and lots of butter, not cabbage. At least it is in our house!