If dressing up head-to-toe in sparkling green attire and drinking pints of Guinness with friends around a bar is not your cup of tea, perhaps you’d prefer to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day over a meal with an Irish twist. St. Paddy’s Day is a feast day after all, and sharing food with those you love has always been a cornerstone of this internationally celebrated phenomenon. Here are three St. Patrick’s Day meals, from breakfast to dessert, that are perfect for the luckiest day of the year. If you want to get dressed up in green and sink a few Guinness too – even better!
Breakfast: Kim’s Baileys French Toast.
This is a deliciously naughty twist on the classic breakfast! It’s French toast, except that it’s infused with Baileys Irish Cream. This decadent recipe has the perfect combination of flavours and textures, and is the perfect way to kick off St Patrick’s Day! The liqueur adds that creamy coffee flavour that makes the dish even more delightful.
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Lunch / Dinner: Heidi Larsen’s Crockpot Corned Beef and Cabbage.
This traditional Irish-American dish can be cooked fast or slow in a crockpot or instant pot, either way, this easy corned beef and cabbage recipe creates tender, fall-apart chunks of beef with only 5 – 10 minutes of preparation. For such a hearty dish, homemade corned beef and cabbage requires only a few ingredients. Throw them all into your slow cooker or instant pot pressure cooker and relax while the flavours fuse.
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Dessert: Andrew Zimmern’s Bread Pudding with Irish Whiskey.
Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with a whiskey-spiked bread pudding. Andrew writes “I know, it’s a big fat cliché wrapped in a stereotype inside a whopping pile of ethnocentrism. But it’s amazing—the dish is a winner”.
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