A large, round cooking apple with firm white flesh that is dry and slightly tart. Popular in Northern Ireland, especially Londonderry. Cooking Tips Good for applesauce, cooks to a smooth purée. Storage Hints Sweetens up in storage. History Notes First documented in 1802.
Northern Ireland Food
Barm Brack
Barm Brack is an Irish bread with dried fruit in it. Traditionally it was risen with yeast, but for some time now many recipes have called for baking powder or self-rising flour. Barm Brack is baked in a round shape, rather than a loaf shape. Some recipes have you soak the fruit overnight in tea…
Boxty: Irish potato pancakes
Boxty is an Irish version of potato pancakes. It’s made from equal amounts of raw, cooked and mashed potatoes, along with some salt and flour. You grate the raw potato, (Many people say to wash the potatoes, but not to peel them before grating them, because the peel adds a great deal to the flavour.)…
Brown Lemonade
Brown Lemonade is a brown-coloured Lemonade-flavoured fizzy soft drink sold in Northern Ireland. It is made by companies such as Cantrell & Cochrane (C&C) and by Maine.
Farls
Farls are thin, flat bread shaped like a triangle. The base of the triangle is actually rounded slightly, such that if you fit four of them together, you more or less make a circle. They are made from wheat flour (white or whole wheat) or oatmeal. There will be a leavener in the mixture, such…
Flax
Flax © Denzil Green Flax is a grass plant (sometimes referred to as a reed.) The plant grows from 1 to 3 feet (30 cm to 1 metre) tall, with a taproot down 3 to 4 feet (1 to 1 ¼ metres.) It has small, narrow leaves about 1 inch (2 ½ cm) long, and…
Irish Food (Northern)
Food in Northern Ireland is traditionally food that is simply prepared, served with strong tea. The country of Northern Ireland is part of the United Kingdom (UK). The Northern Irish have traditionally been heavier consumers of dairy products, meat, and potatoes than people in the rest of the UK. Their diet is becoming healthier now…
Irish Ham
Irish Ham is made in Belfast or Limerick. It is top round of pork leg, bone in or bone out, that is brined or pickled for several days. It may then be smoked over smouldering peat or juniper. In Ireland, you can buy the ham already cooked and ready to reheat for an hour or…
Irish Spiced Beef
Irish Spiced Beef is not the same as corned beef. It is an Irish dish made from a cut of beef which is spiced and aged a bit, then cooked by simmering. Despite all the cooking, the inside comes out pink. It is often served with boiled potatoes or other root vegetables. The cut of…
Soda Bread
Just before you bake a loaf of Irish Soda Bread, you are supposed to cut a cross in the top of it to let the fairies out. This also, coincidentally, has the side benefit of preventing the bread loaf from splitting as it bakes.
Ulster Fry
Ulster Fry: is this the national dish of Northern Ireland? In some people’s minds it is, at least traditionally, though others are trying to move Northern Irish food associations from this dish sometimes called a “heart attack on a plate.” It’s a large breakfast, almost all of which is fried, that can be served any…
Ulster Roll
Ulster Roll is bacon made in a slab with the rind on. It is dry-cured in salt. It is often served with cabbage and root vegetables to give interest to the dishes. Cooking Tips It is quite salty, so taste a dish with Ulster Roll in it before adding further salt.