Seasonal Recipes & Cast Iron Cooking - The Irishman's Wife

A black Le Creuset cast iron Dutch oven with a fish pie in it. A serving has been scooped out revealing the creamy seafood mornay inside.

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Delicious Recipes

Two hands holding a jar of Three berry jam. He is wearing a check shirt.

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

Want our top 3 slow cook recipes +
how to rehash them to create more than one night’s dinner?

Hello Spring!

SPRING recipes

Cheese and Bacon Rolls after being taken out of the oven in a white cast iron skillet.

5 Super Easy Skillet Bread Recipes To Bake This Weekend!

A black cast iron skillet with a homemade rosemary and sea salt focaccia baked into it. A small bowl of sea salt a fresh rosemary sits alongside the pan.

Cast Iron Skillet Rosemary Focaccia Bread

Strawberry Jam Crumble Bars

a bowl of slow-cooked Mexican beef cheeks on a bed of rice in a bowl

Slow Cooked Mexican Pulled Beef Cheeks (Dutch Oven)

Irish Brown Bread

There is something about a warm slice of traditional Irish brown bread that just gets me warm and fuzzy. White soda bread is king and always a crowd favorite. However,…

IRiSH Faves

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

A black cast iron pot of slow cooked, Irish lamb Stew on a bench

An Irishman’s Wife’s Traditional Irish Stew Recipe

Roast Night!

ROAST DINNER RECIPES

A copper frying pan full of roast lamb gravy. A whisk sits inside the frying pan and fresh rosemary if beside the pan.

How to Make Roast Lamb Gravy (From Pan Juices)

A roast chicken dinner in a pan with roasted vegetables.

What to serve with roasted chicken – 10 roast night sides!

Black Garlic Roast Chicken

A white enamel cast iron roasting pan full of smashed duck fat roast potatoes. A bowl of truffle salt sits on top.

Smashed duck fat roast potatoes with truffle salt

Dutch Oven Dinners

Dutch oven recipes

Creamy Seafood Pie with Colcannon Mash

A black cast iron Dutch oven of beef and Guinness stew. A Couple of pieces of bread are sitting in the side of the pot and fresh rosemary sits in a small bowl to one side.

Slow Cooked Beef and Guinness Stew (Dutch Oven)

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

Slow-Cooked Lamb Shoulder with Herbs de Provence

frypan of slow cooked beef stroganoff with black pepper pappardelle

Big Batch: Slow Cooked Beef Stroganoff (Dutch oven)

Mastering Cast Iron Cooking E-Book

EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW TO CAST IRON COOK LIKE A PRO!

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Who Wants Dessert?

SWEETS

Maple Pecan Caramel Slice

A glass jar of Baileys hot chocolate topped with whipped cream, marshmallows and chocolate shavings.

Boozy Bailey’s Irish Cream Hot Chocolate

spiced dulce de leche thumbprints dusted with icing sugar on a copper cooling rack

Spiced dulce de leche thumbprint cookies

flatlay of a tray of baked biscoff cheesecake slice cut into squares with a bite taken out of one piece

Baked Biscoff Cheesecake Slice (Speculoos cheesecake bars)

Preserving the Seasons

PRESERVES

A jar of dehydrated strawberries on a bench surrounded by fresh berries and foliage.

How to make dehydrated strawberries (with a dehydrator)

A black garlic clove cut to reveal it's black interior.

How to use black garlic (plus 4 black garlic recipes to try)

A jar of lemon and passionfruit curd on a wire cooling rack surrounded by small lemons and more curd.

Lemon and Passionfruit Curd (Passionfruit Butter Recipe)

A cast iron skillet full of slow cooked caramelized balsamic onion jam scattered with fresh thyme.

Caramelized Balsamic Onion and Thyme Jam

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

ROAST NIGHT

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

SIDES

skillet

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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