Our 17 favorite Irish culinary specialties

Prepare your taste buds for a trip to Ireland! Here's our top of the 17 Irish culinary specialties.

For some, the desire to travel lies in the temptation to discover new landscapes, populations with unknown customs, architectures dating back centuries and to accumulate a maximum of photos of the world...

For others, a good reason to travel would be to learn a new musical culture, to go hunting local artists and to perfect their playlists.

Finally, for gourmets, travelling is especially the opportunity to awaken your taste buds! Taste new product associations, discover the typical dishes of each country...

It is for all these reasons that Wanderlix now offers you to find, for multiple destinations our top of the most beautiful pictures but also our top of culinary specialties !

Today we embark on a trip to Ireland to discover Irish culinary specialties. From the uncontournable Irish coffee delicious Chocolate Guinness Cake , without forgetting the tasty Irish stew , Ireland has to fill the taste buds of the most greedy...

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1. The pan fried brie, for cheese lovers

Cheese lovers! Irish culinary specialty found in many typical restaurants, the pan fred brie Maybe you could melt your taste buds.

Served rolled in a pane, this hot pane brie tastes with a touch of chutney sauce or jam. A sweet salty accord that is added to a crispy texture on the outside and melting inside. A pure delight!

2. Cornish pasties, gourmet slippers

If they are from Cornwall to United Kingdom , cornish pasties Yet remain a true classic in Ireland. Served traditionally in the pubs, this stuffing with a pork-based stuffing, onions and potatoes is a delicious and economical snack!

3. The Irish soda bread

Simple and mellow, the Irish soda bread is a very popular bread in Ireland. Its name comes from one of its ingredients, soda bicarbonate, which replaces the yeast of a classic bread. Thus, it is the mixture between bicarbonate and babeurre that makes the originality of this Irish culinary specialty, with a slightly acidulated taste.

Start by cutting a thick slice of the Irish soda bread . Then make it lightly toast. Finally, add a hazelnut of salty butter on the top... A real treat!

4. Boxty, potato pancake

Potato occupies an important place in many traditional Irish recipes. This is the case for boxty , this tasty pancake-like galette.

If boxty are so pleasant in the mouth, it is that they are composed of a special mixture of potatoes cooked in puree but also raw and grated. Finally, this gourmet eats as well in the morning with eggs and bacon as in the evening at the corner of the fire, accompanied by a beautiful slice of smoked salmon.

Main dishes

5. The traditional Guinness Pie

Our visit to Ireland continues with a speciality in Guinness: Guinness Pie !

Once upon a time, under a beautiful dough crust, a delicious beef stew with beer, long simmered. Often served in the old pubs of Dublin accompanied by a good pint, the Guinness Pie is a convivial dish to enjoy even more during the cold winter days in Ireland.

6. Seafood chowder, Irish fish soup

When the cold arrives, place the recipes that warm and comfort. The "chowder" is a thick or hot soup, composed of fresh fish caught from the day. Then we add to the preparation several vegetables and spices, for a creamy and tasty rendering.

A particularly balanced Irish culinary specialty, often found in small coastal villages in Ireland.

7. The Colcannon, Halloween star

Traditional dish of Irish cuisine, the colcannon is made from potato purée, fried cabbage or green cabbage, and butter. A safe value that combines taste and simplicity.

In addition, the colcannon often eats in autumn or winter, and especially in Halloween. According to tradition, there is even a coin, a sewing dice, a button or a ring. Finally, wouldn't it be some kind of Irish kings' galette?

8. Shepherd’s pie, the parmentary hatch in Irish

A typical Irish culinary specialty, Shepherd’s pie is a kind of gratin made of a layer of meat and vegetables. Then, a layer of puree gratinated with breadcrumbs and cheese follows.

This Irish-style berth is enjoyed directly at the pub, but also at the gastronomic restaurants. A pure delight that puts the locals together as tourists!

9. L’incontournable Irish stew

A flagship dish of Irish gastronomy, you can’t finish your escapade in Ireland without having to taste Irish stew !

Perfect for the cold winter days, this comforting meal is a lamb stew, wonderfully married with potatoes, onions and small vegetables simmered. A delight served in most restaurants and pubs in Ireland. You can't miss him!

10. Dublin Coddle

Irish culinary specialty that originates from Dublin, the coddle is a tasty, economical and popular dish. Simmered in a sort of broth, this dish is composed of sausages, onions and potatoes, always faithful. A hearty and comforting stew, often accompanied by a good pint of creamy stout!

11. The salmon paradise

How do I evoke Irish culinary specialties without giving a place to salmon? Indeed, it is undoubtedly one of the essential products in Ireland!

Known for its quality and flavour, Irish salmon is exporting to the world today. But is it not better on the spot, freshly fished? To be tasted smoked or cooked in paved, you can simply not miss it!

Soft side

12. Irish Scones and Clotted Cream

If they are from Scotland , scones were literally adopted by the Irish. Indeed, very appreciated, these little cakes are found throughout the country, you only have to enter the bakery at the corner of the street. Moreover, they are tasted both at breakfast and at the time of tasting, to accompany coffee or tea.

But above all, don’t forget to spread generously your scone de clotted cream . This delicious thick cream, undetectable specialty of the country, accompanies the perfect scones For a successful gourmet break!

13. Chocolate Guinness Cake

A must-have pain in Ireland, the chocolate Guinness cake is a friendly chocolate-based dessert, decorated with the famous Irish beer. A fine and tasty alliance, served in most Irish homes on great occasions. Have you noticed the amazing likeness of the cake with a pint of Guinness?

14. Plum Pudding, for successful parties

Typical Anglo-Saxon Dessert, the pudding is served in Ireland and England at the end of the year celebrations, especially at Christmas.

Prepared with grapes, sugar, orange and lemon and then decorated with a touch of Irish whiskey or Cognac, this scented sweetness will fill the palate of the most gourmet!

15. Irish tea brack, for a gourmet break

Another Irish culinary specialty, to be enjoyed during a gourmet break, with a good cup of comforting tea!

L’ Irish tea brack is a traditional Irish cake based on fruit macerated in black tea. This blend of character is enjoyed throughout the year, but is particularly useful for Saint Patrick or Halloween. A mellow and generous sweetness to taste absolutely if you are passing through Ireland!

To start... or end the evening in beauty

16. The Irish coffee

forbidden to leave Ireland without having tasted Irish coffee ! Known all over the world, this gourmet drink will warm you from the inside.

Prepared with hot coffee, Irish whiskey, brown sugar and fresh cream, Irish coffee savours as soon as envy takes over. An ideal hot drink to recover from a long hike through the sublime Irish landscapes.

In front of a good fireplace fire or well installed in a traditional and warm Pub, the Irish coffee will leave you a sweet memory of your trip to Ireland. And for the most greedy of you, don’t miss the final touch while whipped!

17. The Unbelievable Guinness

Known as Ireland’s national drink, Guinness is a well-known beer, popular throughout the country and around the world. It is not for nothing if you find it to delight many Irish culinary specialties, sweet as salty.

On the other hand, this brown beer consists of very special flavours: a creamy texture, a hopsed bitterness with touches of coffee, chocolate and herbs. In other words, you love or you don’t like. But a stay in Ireland without having soaked his lips, it’s like leaving Colombia without having tasted coffee in a finca ! Unthinkable!

Finally, for the concept followers, do not miss the visit of Guinness Storehouse Dublin. This brewery also serves as a museum, entirely dedicated to the demeasure of the Guinness Empire. A unique culinary experience to perfect your trip to Ireland!

So, what have you ever had the chance to taste among all these Irish culinary specialties?