St. Patrick's Day recipes

[SweetLuci]

 Are you thinking about making something to celebrate? Add your recipes here.

[SweetLuci]

This is a great recipe to make with kids.

 Sugar Cookie Shamrocks

1-18 oz. package Refrigerated Sugar Cookie Dough
Green Sugar Sprinkles
Preheat oven to 350 F.
Shape dough into 3/4 - inch balls; place three together to form shamrock shape on ungreased baking sheet. Roll small amount of dough to form stem. Sprinkle with green sugar. Repeat with remaining dough. Bake for 9 to 11 minutes or until edges are lightly browned. Cool on baking sheet for 1 minute, then remove and place on wire racks to cool completely before serving.
Makes 15 cookies.

[SweetLuci]

 Irish Champ

4 pounds  potatoes 
1 cup milk
1 cup  chopped green onions
1/2 cup butter
Salt and black pepper
 Peel and chop potatoes and cook in boiling water until tender. Add green onions ot milk in a small saucepan. Simmer  together for five minutes. Drain potatoes and mash . Add hot milk and green onions, salt and pepper, and half the butter.
Champ is served piled high on the dish, with a well of melted butter in the center. It is eaten with a spoon from the outside, each spoonful being dipped in the well of melted butter.

[SweetLuci]

 Pot of Gold Potato Soup
3 lbs. Yukon Gold Potatoes
1 onion chopped
3 carrots chopped
3 stalks of celery chopped
1/2 cup of milk
1 Tbsp. butter
Peel and chop potatoes. Place in a Dutch oven with enough water to cover. Bring to a boil. In small  sauté pan, sauté the onions and carrots and celery until the onions are translucent. Add onions, carrots and celery to the potatoes. Simmer until  very tender. Add milk, butter and salt & pepper to taste. Cook another 5 minutes and serve.

[SweetLuci]

 Luck of the Irish Sandwich

  
2 pieces of Rye bread for each sandwich
1 package of deli corned beef or pastrami
2 pieces of sliced deli Swiss cheese for each sandwich 
1 small container of Coleslaw
Heat your corned beef or pastrami in the microwave until warm. Put corned beef or pastrami on the bread layer on your Swiss cheese and Coleslaw.

Serve with your Pot of Gold Potato soup for a filling dinner.

[Mom2LiamNMolly]

I use my irish Grandmas recipe for this, although we all know that in Ireland they don't eat corned beef on St. Patty's day, lo......

I put a 3-4 pound  corned beef brisket in the crock pot (with the pickling spices it comes with) and add 8 cups water, 1 onion, quartered, 4 cloves of garlic, 4 carrots, 1 tsp salt, 1 tsp cracked black pepper, 1 cup vinegar (white or apple cider), and 1/2 cup sugar and let it simmer on low for 5-6 hours.... then I turn it up to high and add a small head of cabbage (quartered) and 15-18 small red potatoes and turn it on high and cook 2-3 hours more... it's AWESOME!!!!!

I also make Irish Potato Soup:

Irish Potato Soup

1/2  cup  unsalted butter
1  medium onion, thinly sliced
3  leeks, sliced
3  large baking potatoes, peeled and cut into 1/4-inch-thick slices
3  (14 1/2-ounce) cans chicken broth
1  teaspoon  salt
1/4  teaspoon  pepper

Toppings: shredded Cheddar cheese, crumbled cooked bacon, chopped fresh chives. Melt butter in a large saucepan over low heat; stir in onion and leek. Cover and cook 20 minutes. Stir in potato; cover and cook 15 minutes. Stir in broth, salt, and pepper; bring to a boil. Reduce heat, and simmer 30 minutes or until potato is tender. Remove from heat, and cool slightly.
Process soup in batches in a blender until smooth, stopping to scrape down sides; return to saucepan, and cook over medium heat until thoroughly heated. Serve with desired toppings.  

And I also make a soda bread...

Irish Guinness Soda Bread

1 cup regular rolled oats, plus additional
2 cups whole wheat flour
1/2 cup brown sugar
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup melted butter
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 cup buttermilk
1 (12 fluid ounce) can or bottle Guinness® beer

Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C). Grease an 8x8 inch baking pan.

Mix together the oats, flour, sugar, baking soda, baking powder, and salt in a bowl. In a separate large bowl, stir together the butter, vanilla, buttermilk, and Guinness® beer. Pour the flour mixture into the beer mixture, and gently stir until well blended. Pour batter into the prepared baking pan, and sprinkle with additional oats if desired.

Bake in preheated oven for 30 minutes, then turn the temperature down to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C), and bake for an additional 30 minutes. Turn the oven off, open the door, and allow to cool for 30 minutes in the oven before turning out onto a wire rack.

[SweetLuci]

 St. Patty's Day Cake

1 Pkg. (18 1/4 oz.) white cake mix
3 eggs
2/3 cup vegetable oil
2/3 cup water
1 pkg. (3 oz.) lime jello
1/2 cup nuts

Preheat oven to 350. Grease and flour bundt pan. Mix together all ingredients. Bake for 40 minutes.

[SweetLuci]

 Leprecaun Punch

2 liter bottle Sprite or Gingerale (diet is fine also)
1 (32 oz) can pineapple juice.
1/2 gallon lime sherbet, softened

Mix together Sprite and pineapple juice in punch bowl. Add lime sherbet.

[SweetLuci]

Corned Beef and Cabbage
1 corned beef brisket, trimmed (3 pounds)
1 small onion, quartered
2 tablespoons pickling spice (or use packet that comes with meat)
1 teaspoon minced garlic
8 potatoes, cut in 1 1/2 " pieces
2 cups baby carrots or 8 carrots, peeled and cut into 1 1/2" pieces
3-4 ribs celery, cut into 1 1/2" pieces
1 small head cabbage, cored and cut into 8 wedges
2 tablespoons butter, melted

Place brisket in 6-quart pot or Dutch oven. Cover with about 2 quarts water. Add onion, pickling spice and garlic; cover. Bring just to boil. Reduce heat to low; cover and simmer 2 hours. (Do not boil, this is very important) Add potatoes and carrots; simmer 30 minutes longer. Add cabbage; simmer 15 minutes longer. Remove brisket from pot. Let sit for 10-15 minutes. This will make it easier to slice and keep from falling apart. Slice brisket across the grain. Remove vegetables from pot, pour butter over vegetables.

[SweetLuci]

 Similar to Red Velvet cake, but green for St. Pat's Day. It's also good as cupcakes.

Green Velvet Cake

½ cup (1 stick) butter,softened
1½ cups sugar
2 eggs
2 Tablespoons cocoa
1 teaspoon green food coloring
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup buttermilk
2 cups all-purpose flour
½ teaspoon salt

Preheat oven to 325. Grease and flour two 8" round cake pans.Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs. Mix well. Dissolve baking soda in buttermilk. Alternately add flour, cocoa, salt and buttermilk, beginning and ending with the flour. Gently stir in green food coloring. Pour into pans. Bake at 325 degrees for about 30 minutes, or until tested done.

Green Cream Cheese Icing
½ cup butter-flavored shortening
1 package (8-ounce) cream cheese, softened
4 cups confectioners' sugar
1 tablespoon milk
2 teaspoons green liquid food coloring

Beat shortening and cream cheese together. Gradually beat in sugar. add milk until a frosting is formed. (Add more milk if necessary.) Beat in food coloring to produce an even color.

[SweetLuci]

 I want to try this.

Sweet Shamrock Pretzels

 

 

Here's a tasty new twist on the traditional St. Patrick's Day shamrock -- sweet green pretzels fashioned from canned refrigerated bread stick dough and coated with a sprinkling of colored sugar and cinnamon.

Ingredients

• Canned refrigerated bread stick dough (we used Pillsbury Original Breadsticks)
• Colored sugar

• Cinnamon

 

1. Line a cookie sheet with aluminum foil and lightly coat it with cooking spray.

2. To create the clover shape, mold 3 sections of bread sticks into hearts and press them together as shown. Attach a small stem, decorate, bake according to the package directions, and serve them up to your lucky guests.