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Recipes for St. Patrick's Day




Dublin Coddle

This is a very popular dish, especially in Dublin, a Saturday night dish with a claim to fame as a hangover preventative. But it is nourishing & tasty, uses inexpensive ingredients and warms you up on a cold night, so don't wait for your next drink to give it a try! It's is best made with a good stock--I'd suggest trying a half chicken stock/cider combination. Also, traditionally, pork & bacon are used for this recipe but I've included some healthier substitutions for those watching their fat intake.

Lightly fry bacon until crisp. Place in large cooking pot.

Brown sausage in some bacon grease or olive oil. Remove and add to pot.

Soften sliced onions and whole garlic cloves in fat, then add to pot with potatoes and carrots.

Bury the bunch of herbs in the middle of the mixture. Sprinkle with pepper. Cover with cider.

Cook 1 1/2 hours over moderate heat; do not boil.

Garnish with chopped parsley.


Ingredients

1 lb. sliced bacon or turkey bacon
2 lb. pure pork or chicken-apple sausage links, bacon fat or olive oil
2 large onions, sliced
2 cloves of garlic
4 large potatoes, thickly sliced
2 carrots, thickly sliced
1 large bunch of fresh herbs tied with string
black pepper
hard cider (apple wine) or apple cider
and/or chicken stock
fresh parsley, chopped for garnish

Makes 6 Servings




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