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Baked lime and coconut pie

Sift the flour and icing sugar into a mixing bowl. Rub in the butter with your fingertips until the mixture is crumbly. Stir in the egg yolk until the mixture comes together as a dough. Add the water if it looks too dry. Shape the dough into a disc and wrap in cling film. Refrigerate […]

Spring chicken and dumpling pie

Melt the butter in a large pan over a medium heat and cook the onion and leeks for 6-8 minutes until softened. Season with salt and pepper, add the carrots and cook for 3-4 minutes longer. Stir in the flour and cook, stirring, over a low heat for 2-3 minutes. Gradually add the hot stock, […]

Apple and blackberry lattice pie

Add the flour and sugar for the pastry to a bowl and rub in the butter until crumbly. Add a bit of water until the mixture comes together as a dough. Shape into a disc, wrap in cling film and refrigerate for 20 minutes. Preheat the oven to 190˚C/170˚C fan/gas mark 5. Roll out two-thirds […]

Cheat’s pork pies

Preheat the oven to 180˚C/160˚C fan/gas mark 4 and grease nine cups in a 12-cup deep muffin pan. Place the burgers in a bowl, add the allspice and a grind of salt and pepper. Using your hands, mix together the meat and spices and set aside. To make the pastry, sieve the flour and salt […]

Minted dark chocolate tart

In a large bowl, combine the flour, sugar and cocoa powder. Stir to combine well. Using your fingertips, rub the cold butter cubes into the flour until the mixture resembles coarse breadcrumbs. Add the cold water and bring the dough together into a rough ball, place on a sheet of cling film and pat into […]

Are you missing out on this healthy, sustainable meat?

In this installment of her Eat Ireland column, Deputy Editor Jocelyn Doyle asks why we aren’t eating more goat.   My first taste of goat was in Ho Chi Minh city on a murky morning in December 2010. I’m a big fan of dinner-for-breakfast — anything leftover, anything savoury, anything hearty and flavoursome. I remember […]

Talking with the baking queen Catherine Leyden

Catherine Leyden has been the face of baking in Ireland for nearly 40 years, since she first started with Odlums as a home economist and cookery advisor. She is now the brand ambassador for the well-loved Irish baking label, tackling everything from consumers’ baking dilemmas to devising new products and recipes. She began appearing on […]

A nice interview with the lazy chef

Simon Lamont is the host of Tv3’s The Lazy Chef, where he travels all over the country to sample the spoils of Irish cuisine and rustle up delicious quick-fix dishes. In The Lazy Chef, Simon shows how to cut any corner to make effortless food and shares his secrets to fast-tracking meals by offering tips, […]

3 ways with beetroot

Roasted beetroot hummus Serves 4-6 Preheat the oven to 200˚C/180˚C fan/gas mark 6. Peel 2 whole beetroots and chop roughly. Drizzle with olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Roast for 50 minutes, turning once halfway through. Set aside and allow to cool. In a blender, combine the chopped beetroot with 1 x drained […]

Nutty mushroom Wellington

Preheat the oven to 200˚C/180˚C fan/gas mark 6. In a pan over a medium-low heat, melt the butter and sugar together. Add the yellow onions and cook gently for 25 minutes until caramelised, then remove and allow to cool. Heat the olive oil in the same pan over a medium heat. Add the red onion […]