Next week I will be visiting Finland. Each year my wife and I visit her homeland and her family and friends. I like Finland, in the summer the nights are long, the weather better than Ireland and in the winter the deep snow and cold crisp weather is refreshing. The Finns are nice people, politeContinue reading “Kanaviilokki – Finnish Chicken Curry With Blackcurrant Jam”
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Snails for dinner! L’Escargot With Onion and Pinhead Oatmeal
Snails, slime trails and munched leaves, hosta holes and devoured delphiniums, the ever-present threat, the garden terrorists. Innocent plant species, fresh from the secure haven of the nursery are easy targets for these ruthless slimy beings. How often have we gardeners gone to our gardens full of enthusiasm and optimism only to have our dayContinue reading “Snails for dinner! L’Escargot With Onion and Pinhead Oatmeal”
Leg of Lamb With Coffee Sauce
For Easter Sunday last weekend, we bought a half leg of lamb from the Irish Organic Meats stall at Boyle market in Co. Roscommon. I wanted to do something a little different. Hanna suggested cooking it with coffee. This is a traditional Easter lamb dish in Hanna’ family which here grandmother always cooked back inContinue reading “Leg of Lamb With Coffee Sauce”
Cashel House- The Final Day of the Course
It was raining during the night. When we woke, Hanna pulled back the curtains, the sun light came flooding into the room. Through the branches of the tress in the secret garden it created twisted silhouettes and golden rays. We had just had an excellent night sleep, the quiet of Cashel Bay wraps your sleepContinue reading “Cashel House- The Final Day of the Course”
Beef Stock and Oven Chips in Beef Dripping
Roasted beef bones in roasting tin Last Saturday we made our weekly visit to the Farmers Market in Boyle, Co. Roscommon. My partner Hanna and I love to do as much as possible of our week’s grocery shopping at the market. Dealing with stall holders in the grounds of the historic King House is suchContinue reading “Beef Stock and Oven Chips in Beef Dripping”
Lamb Belly Rolled With Apple And Elderberry Preserve
Lamb Belly Roulade with Apple and Elderberry Preserve Last weekend the meat stall at the market has lamb belly for sale. As coincidence would have it I had for the first time ever tasted this delicous cut of meat at Cava Tapas bar in Galway the previous week. Lamb belly has a bit more fatContinue reading “Lamb Belly Rolled With Apple And Elderberry Preserve”
Ciaran The Gardener 