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Northern Ireland
Griddle breads, potatoes and rich farm dairy
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How Northern Ireland cooks
Northern Irish cooking is built on the griddle and the farm: soda farls, potato bread, buttermilk baking, sea fish from the coast and beef and lamb from the drumlins.
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Northern Irish Home CookingThe everyday pots, pans and griddles of Northern Irish kitchens — champ, stews, soups and simple family suppers.24 recipes
Grandmother-Style Northern Irish RecipesOld-fashioned household cooking: griddle breads, thrifty potato dishes, farmhouse baking and long-simmered pots.20 recipes
Griddle Bread TraditionsSoda farls, potato bread, wheaten loaf and fadge cooked on a hot griddle.14 recipes
Northern Irish Farmhouse CookingStews, champ, buttermilk baking and food from the farm kitchen.13 recipes
Ulster Breakfast TraditionsThe Ulster fry and everything on it — soda farls, potato bread, sausages, bacon and vegetable roll.6 recipesBelfast City PlatesThe fry, the pastie supper, the bap and the city's newer kitchens.1 recipe
Potato TraditionsChamp, potato bread, farls, soups and the potato cooking at the centre of Ulster home food.15 recipes
Coastal & Seafood FoodMussels, oysters, crab, salmon and white fish from the Northern Irish coast and its fishing villages.14 recipes
Lough & Freshwater TraditionsFood from Lough Neagh and the Fermanagh lakelands — eel, trout and other freshwater fish.4 recipes
Soups & StewsPotato soup, broths and one-pot stews cooked across Northern Ireland.13 recipes
Meat & Sausage TraditionsVegetable roll, sausages, black pudding, bacon, beef and lamb as they are cooked in Ulster kitchens.6 recipes
Traditional Bakery FoodWheaten bread, fruit sodas, baps, fifteens and the classics of the Northern Irish bakery counter.7 recipes
Tea-Time BakingScones, traybakes, fruit loaves and biscuits set out for tea.11 recipes
Market & Local FoodFood from Northern Ireland's markets and market towns, from stall snacks to local produce cooking.3 recipes
Festival & Celebration FoodCooking for Christmas, Halloween, Easter and family celebrations.4 recipes
Harvest & Seasonal CookingSeasonal farmhouse cooking through the growing year, from early potatoes to autumn harvest.9 recipes
Traditional DessertsApple tarts, crumbles, bread puddings, traybakes and farmhouse cakes.11 recipes
Preserves & Farmhouse PantryJams, jellies, chutneys and pickles from Northern Irish gardens, orchards and hedgerows.4 recipes
Orchard & Apple RecipesCooking built on Armagh orchard apples — tarts, cakes, chutneys and pork dishes.10 recipes
Heritage RecipesLong-documented dishes still cooked much as they were generations ago.20 recipes
Forgotten & Lesser-Known Northern Irish DishesDishes that have slipped out of everyday cooking but are worth bringing back.11 recipes
Modern Local ClassicsNewer dishes that have genuinely become part of how Northern Ireland eats today.14 recipesSub-regions
Cuisines within Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland is not one kitchen. These sub-regions cook with their own ingredients, techniques and signature dishes.
BelfastUlster fry, city bakeries, sea fish and new immigrant kitchens15 recipes
County Antrim and the Causeway CoastDulse, salmon, potato bread and coastal smoking13 recipes
County ArmaghBramley apples, orchard baking and farmhouse pork10 recipes
County DownStrangford shellfish, Mourne lamb and buttermilk baking13 recipes
County Fermanagh and the LakelandsLough fish, black bacon and boxty10 recipes
County LondonderryDerry baps, salmon, spice bread and Foyle fish10 recipesCounty TyroneBeef, potatoes, wheaten bread and champ9 recipesTraditional dishes
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Antrim Farmhouse Beef Stew with Dumplings
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