Saint Patrick's Day Dinner!

[cookielady]

Happy St. Pat's Day, everyone. I am making dinner tonight and have decided to make a few of my own changes on the usual dinner fare. I am cooking my corned beef in beer, in a covered casserole in the oven (my Irish friend says it is the only way to cook corned beef -- we'll see??). I am making lots of coleslaw with both green and red cabbage, carrots, onions, and raisins. There will also be boiled red potatoes tossed in melted butter with lots of chopped parsley. I am planning to drizzle olive oil on fresh asparagus, salt and pepper and roast the spears in a 400ºF oven until tender. There will be a tossed salad, too. This morning I baked two loaves of Irish soda bread. My friend is bringing a cream pie made from Bailey's Irish Cream -- looking forward to trying this!
What are you serving -- traditional or with a little twist?? Have a good "green" weekend!!

[lesley]

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That sounds yummy, I love corned beef!! I'm making Colcannon with roast pork, we bought a hand of pork for Sunday dinner & slow roasted for 5 hours!! There's so much meat, enough for 3 days!! I can't believe it...anyway here's what we're having with it ;0)


Irish Colcannon With A Twist
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Serves 2
Prep Time 10 mins
Cooking Time 15-20 mins
Ingredients

* 450g/1lb Potatoes
* 1 Large parsnip
* 230g/8oz Mixed bag of shredded Savoy cabbage, leeks, white cabbage and curly kale (see Cook's tips)
* Splash of Semi skimmed milk or dollop of cream
* 28g/1oz Butter, plus a knob for serving

Method

* Peel the potatoes and parsnips, cut into large chunks and place them in a saucepan of boiling water to cook
* Steam the cabbage and leek mixture for a few minutes until al dente, and set aside (see Cook’s tips)
* When the potatoes and parsnips are cooked, strain and mash them with the milk and butter (see Cook’s tips)
* Stir in the cabbage and leeks etc into the mash
* Season with sea salt and freshly ground pepper
* Serve in mounds on individual plates
* Make an indent in the centre of the colcannon and add a knob of butter

Cook's tips

* To lower the calories, use low fat crème fraiche instead of milk and butter
* You can buy the bags of mixed cabbage and kale etc from large supermarkets, if not, buy seperately and shred, just keep the weight to 230g/8oz
* I only use about 20ml of milk

Equipment

* Large frying pan or wok
* Steamer
* Medium saucepan

Shopping List

* 450g/1lb Potatoes
* 1 Large parsnip
* 230g/8oz Mixed shredded Savoy cabbage,leeks, white cabbage and curly kale from the Supermarket
* Splash of Semi skimmed milk or dollop of cream
* 28g/1oz Butter, plus a knob for serving

[RecipeRiver]

I made corned beef and cabbage, which I love. I make this dinner several times a year. I don't need St. Patrick's Day although I do cook the traditional corned beef. You should post how the cooking in beer turned out.

I do my corned beef in a pressure cooker.

[DidSomeoneSayChocolate]

Couldn't find a corned beef so had to buy it at deli counter at the market and reheat, awful, took it back already, gave to our dogs.
Boiled potatoes with sour cream and parsley, steamed cabbage with parmesan cheese, garlic, butter, oil, salt and pepper, Irish Soda Bread, orange cake.