The Irish Countrywomen’s Association cookbook : recipes from our homes to yours

Whether you are looking for a comforting soup, a family meal or something sweet, the beauty of this book is that you know the recipe will work. There are over 100 delicious recipes for everything from Spring Nettle Soup and Dublin Coddle to Crusted Rack of Lamb with Orange and Olive Salad, together with ‘How To’ sections on baking, making preserves and cooking potatoes as well as cooking for a crowd and within a budget. This cookbook will also prove an invaluable resource for the next generation of home-makers, those novice cooks still building up confidence in the kitchen who might call home for that foolproof recipe. Think of The ICA Cookbook as akin to having not just your own mammy on speed dial but rather a whole host of mammies and grannies from all over the country, each sharing their own words of wisdom and precious firsthand experiences. Content: Cover Title page Contents Introduction by ICA National President A Note from the Editor, Aoife Carrigy A Word from the Guest Chefs Marie McGuirk, resident chef and cookery tutor at An Grianán Edward Hayden, TV chef and food writer Soups Carrot Soup Asparagus Soup Spring Nettle Soup Chilled Avocado Soup Cream of Mushroom Soup Quick Vegetable Soup Fresh Tomato & Bean Soup Cauliflower & Bacon Soup with Cheese Toasties Butternut Squash Soup Salads & Starters Chicken & Pecan Salad Pan-Fried Prawns with Lemon & Garlic Grilled Peach with Herbed Cheese. Roast Red Peppers with Basil PestoBlue Cheese, Pear & Walnut Salad Pan-Fried Smoked Salmon & Couscous Salad Quick Spiced Beef with Orange Cream Chapter 1: To Start Vegetarian Broccoli, Cherry Tomato & Cheese Tart Spinach Pie Courgette & Feta Frittata Pasta with Tomato & Vodka Sauce Vegetable Crumble Butterbean & Vegetable Au Gratin Mushroom Stroganoff Seafood Fish Burgers with Tartare Sauce Blackened Cajun Salmon & Citrus Yoghurt Express Fish Pie Smoked Haddock Pie Whole Baked Salmon Roast Cod Steaks with Herb Pesto Pan-Fried Hake with Salsa Verde White Meat. Pork & Potato CakesDublin Coddle Pork Chops & Bubble 'n' Leek Cakes Chicken & Vegetable Stir-Fry Fragrant Chicken Curry Roast Goose with Damson & Apple Sauce Rabbit Pie Roast Chicken with Onion & Thyme Stuffing Turkey Meatballs with Pasta How To ... cook within a budget Pork & Cider Stroganoff Red Meat Hungarian Beef Goulash Irish Stew Shepherd's Pie Meat Loaf Beef & Mushroom Pie Braised Derrynaflan Brisket Crusted Rack of Lamb with Orange & Olive Salad Fillet of Beef with Roast Shallot & Balsamic Reduction Marinated Roast Fillet Chapter 2: Main Meals Vegetables & Salads. Courgette BoatsPuréed Brussels Sprouts Parsnip & Apples Lickeen Colcannon Puréed Parsnips Parisian Potatoes Coleslaw Granny's Roast Potatoes Spiced Couscous Salad How To ... cook potatoes Dips, Sauces & Stocks Hummus Spinach Dip Fresh Tomato Salsa Salsa Rioja Sweet Chilli Sauce Basil Pesto Damson & Apple Sauce Goose Giblet Stock Chicken Stock How To ... make preserves Preserves Redcurrant & Orange Jam Blackberry & Apple Jam All Season Fruity Jam Three Fruit Marmalade Courgette Jam Tomato & Apple Chutney Apple & Ginger Chutney Beetroot Chutney Chapter 3: On the Side. Breads, Scones & PastryBacon & Thyme Scones Potato Scones Pizza Muffins Sweet Fruit Scones Walnut & Treacle Bread Brown Soda Bread Rough Puff Pastry How To ... get baking Cakes, Tarts & Sweet Snacks Upside-Down Pear Cake Light Lemon Sponge Grandma's Rhubarb Tart Apple Tart Black Forest Gateau Pear & Roasted Hazelnut Tart Almond Slices Fraughan Buns Parsnip Cake with Walnuts & Raisins Cake in a Mug Coffee Mud Cake Mince Pies Fruit Cake Carrot & Pineapple Squares Strawberry Sablé Anzac Biscuits Dried Fruit Salad Puddings & Desserts Chocolate Coffee Mousse Cups Pavlova. The ICA Cookbook is a unique collection of tried and tested recipes from the homes of ordinary Irish women across the country. Abstract: The ICA Cookbook is a unique collection of tried and tested recipes from the homes of ordinary Irish women across the country