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  • Irish Stew with Beef or Lamb

    Irish Stew with Beef or Lamb

    Traditional Irish stew often uses lamb or mutton, while many American kitchens use beef. Either way, potatoes, carrots, and onions make it hearty.

    Crisp Potato Pancakes with Sour Cream or Applesauce

    Irish Stew with Beef or Lamb

    Traditional Irish stew often uses lamb or mutton, while many American kitchens use beef. Either way, potatoes, carrots, and onions make it hearty.
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    Total Time 2 hours
    Servings: 6 servings
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    Ingredients
    • 2 pounds lamb or beef stew meat
    • Salt and pepper
    • 2 tablespoons flour
    • 2 tablespoons oil
    • 1 onion, chopped
    • 4 carrots, sliced
    • 4 potatoes, cubed
    • 5 cups beef or chicken broth
    • 1 teaspoon thyme

    Method
     

    Instructions
    1. Season meat and dust with flour. Brown in oil.
    2. Add onion and cook 3 minutes.
    3. Add broth and thyme. Simmer until meat is nearly tender, about 1 hour.
    4. Add carrots and potatoes. Cook until vegetables are tender.
    5. Season to taste and serve hot.

    Notes

    • For a thicker stew, mash a few potatoes into the broth.

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  • Colcannon Mashed Potatoes with Cabbage

    Colcannon Mashed Potatoes with Cabbage

    Colcannon combines mashed potatoes with cabbage or kale, butter, and sometimes scallions. It is simple, filling, and deeply comforting.

    Crisp Potato Pancakes with Sour Cream or Applesauce

    Colcannon Mashed Potatoes with Cabbage

    Colcannon combines mashed potatoes with cabbage or kale, butter, and sometimes scallions. It is simple, filling, and deeply comforting.
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    Total Time 40 minutes
    Servings: 6 servings
    Ingredients Method Notes

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    Ingredients
    • 2 pounds potatoes
    • 4 tablespoons butter
    • 1/2 cup milk or cream
    • 3 cups chopped cabbage or kale
    • 4 scallions, sliced
    • Salt and pepper

    Method
     

    Instructions
    1. Boil potatoes until tender. Drain and mash with butter and milk.
    2. Cook cabbage or kale in a skillet with a little butter or water until tender.
    3. Fold greens and scallions into potatoes.
    4. Season with salt and pepper.
    5. Serve with extra butter.

    Notes

    • Kale gives a stronger flavor; cabbage is sweeter.

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  • Boxty Irish Potato Pancakes

    Boxty Irish Potato Pancakes

    Boxty are Irish potato pancakes made with grated raw potato and mashed potato. They are crisp outside and tender inside.

    Crisp Potato Pancakes with Sour Cream or Applesauce

    Boxty Irish Potato Pancakes

    Boxty are Irish potato pancakes made with grated raw potato and mashed potato. They are crisp outside and tender inside.
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    Total Time 35 minutes
    Servings: 10 pancakes
    Ingredients Method Notes

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    Ingredients
    • 1 cup grated raw potato, squeezed dry
    • 1 cup mashed potato
    • 1 cup flour
    • 1 teaspoon baking powder
    • 1 teaspoon salt
    • 1 egg
    • 3/4 cup milk
    • Butter or oil for frying

    Method
     

    Instructions
    1. Mix grated potato, mashed potato, flour, baking powder, and salt.
    2. Whisk egg and milk, then stir into potato mixture.
    3. Heat butter or oil in a skillet. Drop batter by spoonfuls and flatten.
    4. Cook until browned on both sides and cooked through.
    5. Serve warm.

    Notes

    • Good with sour cream, applesauce, or alongside eggs.

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  • Irish Soda Bread

    Irish Soda Bread

    Soda bread uses baking soda instead of yeast, making it a practical quick bread for soups, stews, and breakfast.

    Crisp Potato Pancakes with Sour Cream or Applesauce

    Irish Soda Bread

    Soda bread uses baking soda instead of yeast, making it a practical quick bread for soups, stews, and breakfast.
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    Total Time 1 hour
    Servings: 1 loaf
    Ingredients Method Notes

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    Ingredients
    • 4 cups flour
    • 1 teaspoon baking soda
    • 1 teaspoon salt
    • 1 3/4 cups buttermilk
    • 2 tablespoons sugar, optional
    • 3 tablespoons butter, optional

    Method
     

    Instructions
    1. Heat oven to 425 degrees. Whisk flour, baking soda, salt, and sugar if using.
    2. Cut in butter if using. Add buttermilk and stir into a shaggy dough.
    3. Shape into a round loaf and place on a baking sheet. Cut a cross in the top.
    4. Bake 35 to 45 minutes until browned and hollow-sounding.
    5. Cool before slicing.

    Notes

    • Best the day it is baked.

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  • Cottage Pie with Mashed Potato Topping

    Cottage Pie with Mashed Potato Topping

    Shepherd’s pie traditionally uses lamb, while cottage pie uses beef. In many American kitchens, the names blur, but the comfort stays the same.

    Cottage Pie with Mashed Potato Topping

    Shepherd’s pie traditionally uses lamb, while cottage pie uses beef. In many American kitchens, the names blur, but the comfort stays the same.
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    Total Time 1 hour
    Servings: 6 servings
    Ingredients Method Notes

    Ingredients
      

    Ingredients
    • 1 1/2 pounds ground beef or lamb
    • 1 onion, chopped
    • 2 carrots, diced
    • 1 cup peas
    • 2 tablespoons flour
    • 1 1/2 cups beef broth
    • 1 tablespoon tomato paste
    • 3 cups mashed potatoes
    • 1/2 cup shredded cheddar, optional

    Method
     

    Instructions
    1. Cook meat, onion, and carrots until meat is browned. Drain excess fat.
    2. Stir in flour and tomato paste. Add broth and simmer until thickened.
    3. Stir in peas and season with salt and pepper.
    4. Spread in a baking dish and top with mashed potatoes and cheddar if using.
    5. Bake at 400 degrees until bubbling and browned.

    Notes

    • Use lamb for shepherd’s pie, beef for cottage pie.

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  • Coal Country Pepperoni Rolls

    Coal Country Pepperoni Rolls

    Pepperoni rolls are strongly associated with West Virginia, but they are familiar across coal and steel country, including southwestern Pennsylvania.

    Coal Country Pepperoni Rolls

    Pepperoni rolls are strongly associated with West Virginia, but they are familiar across coal and steel country, including southwestern Pennsylvania.
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    Total Time 1 hour 45 minutes
    Servings: 12 rolls
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    Ingredients
    • 1 pound pizza dough
    • 36 pepperoni slices or 12 pepperoni sticks
    • 1 cup shredded mozzarella, optional
    • 2 tablespoons melted butter
    • 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder

    Method
     

    Instructions
    1. Divide dough into 12 pieces and flatten each piece.
    2. Add pepperoni and cheese if using. Pinch dough closed around filling.
    3. Place seam-side down on a baking sheet and let rise 30 minutes.
    4. Bake at 375 degrees until golden, 18 to 22 minutes.
    5. Brush with melted butter mixed with garlic powder.

    Notes

    • Good warm or room temperature.

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  • Eastern North Carolina Chopped Barbecue with Vinegar-Pepper Sauce

    Eastern North Carolina Chopped Barbecue with Vinegar-Pepper Sauce

    Eastern North Carolina barbecue is all about tender chopped pork and a sharp vinegar-pepper sauce. This home-kitchen version uses pork shoulder so readers can make the flavor without cooking a whole hog.

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    Eastern North Carolina Chopped Barbecue with Vinegar-Pepper Sauce

    Eastern North Carolina barbecue is all about tender chopped pork and a sharp vinegar-pepper sauce. This home-kitchen version uses pork shoulder so readers can make the flavor without cooking a whole hog.
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    Total Time 5 hours
    Servings: 8 to 10 servings
    Ingredients Method Notes

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    Ingredients
    • 5 to 6 pounds bone-in pork shoulder or Boston butt
    • 2 tablespoons kosher salt
    • 1 tablespoon black pepper
    • 1 tablespoon paprika
    • 1 teaspoon garlic powder
    • 1 cup apple cider vinegar
    • 1/2 cup white vinegar
    • 1 tablespoon crushed red pepper flakes
    • 1 teaspoon hot sauce, optional
    • 1 teaspoon sugar, optional
    • Soft buns or cornbread for serving

    Method
     

    Instructions
    1. Heat oven to 300 degrees. Pat pork dry and season all over with salt, black pepper, paprika, and garlic powder.
    2. Place pork in a roasting pan, cover tightly with foil, and roast until very tender, about 4 to 5 hours.
    3. While pork cooks, stir together apple cider vinegar, white vinegar, red pepper flakes, hot sauce, and sugar if using. Let stand at least 30 minutes.
    4. When pork is tender, rest 20 minutes. Pull meat from the bone, discard excess fat, and chop the meat.
    5. Moisten chopped pork with pan juices and vinegar-pepper sauce to taste. Serve warm.

    Notes

    • For a smokier flavor, cook on a smoker or grill over indirect heat.
    • Serve with barbecue slaw, boiled potatoes, hushpuppies, or cornbread.

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