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

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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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All The Festive Flavors

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a white christmas wreath with a green satin bow on top

White Christmas Chocolate Wreath

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)

row after row of maple pecan shortbread cookies on a black baking rack

Maple Pecan Shortbread Cookies

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!

A Christmas Table

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Potato rosti stacks on a Le Creuset non stick grill.

Grilled Potato Rosti Stack with Smashed Avo and Smoked Salmon

smashed duck fat potatoes with truffle salt in a bowl

Smashed duck fat roast potatoes with truffle salt

a cheese board full of cheese, crackers, fruit, breadsticks

How to create a cracking cheeseboard

herbes de provence roast chicken just out of the oven with roast vegetables

Herbs de Provence Roast Chicken

A metal box of golden Irish buttermilk scones.

Easy Irish Buttermilk Scones

So what makes a good Irish scone? Soft and fluffy on the inside, a good crust on the outside, and just a little sweetness. Not a lot, but just enough….

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

The Latest…

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A white cast iron pan with bacon and cheese rolls baked in it.

Cheese and Bacon Rolls

A metal tin full of golden soda bread farls.

Traditional Irish Soda Farls

A Black cast iron shallow casserole, with roasted vegetables and curried chicken kebab salad. There is some toasted Turkish bread on the side.

Curried Chicken Kebab Salad with Kasundi Mayonnaise

A tart tin full of homemade Bailey's Truffles. A single truffle is off to one side with a bite eaten from it.

Boozy Baileys Chocolate Truffles

“How to” Guides

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A stack of three colored enamel Dutch ovens on a timber milking stool.

What is the Best Dutch Oven size to buy?

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

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

woman in a mustard stipe apron holding a green french oven casserole pot in both hands

5 Ways To Use A French Oven All Year Round

a mortar and pestle full of homemade greek spice rub on a marble bench

Homemade Greek Seasoning Blend

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Preserve The Harvest

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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

a jar of dehydrated garlic chips on a bench alongside a mortar and pestle and whole garlic bulbs

Dehydrated Garlic Flakes (and how to make garlic powder)

a close up of a tray of slow roasted tomatoes.

End of Summer Slow Roasted Tomatoes

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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