Toad in the Hole with Inch House Black Pudding
Smallies – frustratingly – change their minds about food. Cue lines from me like: “But you liked this pasta / rice / cheese / breakfast / lunch / dinner only last week! Little Missy,...
Tagged: Cooking with beer & cider
Double Chocolate Cider Brownies
When times are strange, we all need brownies. My double chocolate porter brownies date back to the earliest days of Eight Degrees in 2011. It was a well road tested recipe – I still...
Food photography + spiced chocolate courgette cake
On 8 September 2011, I was at an Irish Food Bloggers Association food photography / styling and recipe writing workshop that was being presented by Donal Skehan, Sharon Hearne-Smith and Kristin Jensen. I went with a...
Breadmageddon: bake it yourself!
Monday, I spotted Joanne of Stitch and Bear mentioning on Facebook that there had been a run on bread in her local supermarket. “Ha! Dublin,” I thought. “Must be an isolated incident.” On Tuesday, there...
Feast: Slow Cooked Lamb with Cider and Pomegranate
When you wake up in the morning and there’s snow on the ground, it’s a good time to put on the oven. A few Sundays ago we had guests coming for lunch, but I...
Damson, Stout and Vanilla Jam
I’m keeping an eagle eye on some trees at the moment. Hidden in the hedgerows of the fields that surround the cottage, there is a store of purplish-black gold for those who know where...
Read: Irish stout gingerbread Christmas wreaths with citrus glaze
First published on the Alltech Craft Brews and Food website on 14 December 2016 under the title Hoppy Christmas! Written by Caroline Hennessy and Kristin Jensen. What’s better than drinking beer at Christmas? Cooking with...
Good eating in Belfast + Stout and Treacle Spelt Bread
First published on Irish Country Living. The first time I visited Belfast was back in 2002. I took the Enterprise from Dublin’s Connolly Station on a wintery Friday night to meet my new Kiwi boyfriend; we...