Seasonal Recipes + Comfort Food + Cast Iron Cooking - The Irishman's Wife - The Irishman's Wife

A black pot of Persian lamb shank and vegetable soup with nann bread.

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Delicious Recipes

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Preserve

The Harvest

a cooked apple and blackberry crumble in a cast iron skillet topped with scoops of vanilla ice cream.

Sweets

For My Sweet

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Autumn Is Here!

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The cooked beef bourguignon pie with a serving spooned out of it.

What to serve with Colcannon Mash – 10 dinner ideas!

a close up of a tray of slow roasted tomatoes.

End of Summer Slow Roasted Tomatoes

A corned beef silverside and vegetables dinner on a table.

Dutch Oven Corned Beef (Easy Silverside Recipe)

A black dutch oven full of black bean chili con carne with a chopped salad and corn chips.

Dutch oven Black Bean Chili Con Carne

A metal tin full of golden soda bread farls.

Traditional Irish Soda Farls

I’m putting it out there. Irish Soda Farls on Sunday mornings are the best. Yes, potato farls are delicious, a traditional Irish soda bread is too, but soda farls are…

IRiSH Faves

a landscape of the rollong green hills, white cottages and ballyheigue bay in co. kerry, Ireland.

11 Irish Recipes you need for a cracking St Patrick’s Day celebration!

A traditional full irish breakfast just cooked in a cast iron frypan. On a bench alongside baked beans, orange juice and brown sauce.

Traditional Full Irish Breakfast (fry up)

creamy colcannon mash in a red Le Creuset pot

Colcannon Mash – Creamy Irish Mashed Potatoes with Cabbage

It’s A Pasta & Netflix Kinda Night…

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cast iron frypan full of creamy pesto chicken tortellini with a spoonful eaten out of it.

Chicken & Bacon Creamy Pesto Pasta (Tortellini)

Flat lay of a creamy tuna pasta bake in a white ceramic oven dish.

Creamy Tuna Pasta Bake (Tuna Mornay)

flatlay of a frypan of slow cooked beef and red wine ragu on a bed of capunti pasta, with parmasean and basil leaves.

Slow Cook Beef and Red Wine Ragu with Capunti Pasta

A white cast iron shallow casserole of fettuccine boscaiola finished with shallots, English spinach and parmesan.

Fettuccine alla Boscaiola (Creamy Chicken and Bacon Pasta)

A black dutch oven full of black bean chili con carne with a chopped salad and corn chips.

Slow-Cook Sundays

These are the warm the cockles of your heart, melt in your mouth, slow-cooked suppers. Perfect for those weekends cozied up by the fire. Make sure you’ve got a bottle of red handy!

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A loaf of porridge bread with two slices cut sits on a wooden board. A small knife and a bowl of pepitas sit beside on the board.

Quick and Easy Porridge Bread

A black cast iron casserole with a golden loaf of soda bread in it. A small bowl of honey with a honey dipper sit beside.

How to Serve Irish Soda Bread – 7 Easy Ideas!

An oval pan of oven roasted rosemary and garlic potatoes. Fresh rosemary and garden scissors sit beside the pan.

Crispy Rosemary and Garlic Roast Potatoes

A leg of lamb roasted in a navy blue oval Dutch oven. Fresh garlic and rosemary sit beside alongside a pair of black scissors.

Dutch Oven Leg of Lamb with Rosemary & Garlic

Find tonight’s dinner right here!

A white cast iron pot with slow-cooked Italian Pork and Nduja Rugu in it. A wooden spoon is stirring the Ragu.

DUTCH OVEN

A Slow-cooked lamb shoulder with some of the meat pulled apart on a timber chopping board.

ROAST NIGHT

A black cast iron Dutch oven with a loaf of soda bread in it and a pot of honey beside.

SIDES

A traditional full irish breakfast just cooked in a cast iron frypan. On a bench alongside baked beans, orange juice and brown sauce.

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Behind the recipes

Hi, I’m Emma

Slow Cook + Photo Taker + Recipe Creator + Shopkeeper + Wine Drinker + Mum & Wife to my Irishman

Welcome to my collection of food stories from my life in the kitchen. There are no three-page recipes here, just good food to share with others around the kitchen table.

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