Irish Tea Bread
Servings: 4
12 tablespoons strong tea
1 pound mixed dried fruit *
6 ounces soft brown sugar
1 egg, lightly beaten
1 ounce butter, melted
9 ounces all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
* The mixed fruit can include raisins, currants, and any other kind of dried fruit you like; chop any larger pieces down to about raisin size.
Place the tea, mixed fruit and sugar in a bowl; cover and leave overnight.
Stir in the egg and melted butter. Sieve the flour and the baking powder together and fold them in.
Line the bottom of a large loaf pan with baking parchment, Pour the mixture in and smooth the top. Bake in a preheated oven (360 degrees F) on the middle shelf for 1 1/2 hours.
After removing from the oven, leave in the pan for 2 to 3 minutes, then turn out of pan and cool on a wire rack.
Irish Farmhouse Loaf
Servings: 8
8 ounces flour
4 ounces granulated sugar
8 ounces mixed dried fruit
Grated rind of 1 lemon
2 tablespoons butter
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 pinch baking soda
1 egg, beaten
1 1/4 cups buttermilk
Mix the flour, sugar, fruit, lemon rind, butter, baking powder and baking soda. Add the beaten egg and the buttermilk to make a nice soft dough; beat well and pour into a greased 2-pound loaf pan. Bake at 300 degrees F for 1 hour, or until it tests done with a skewer.
Irish Coffee Liqueur Muffins
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1 beaten egg
1/3 cup melted butter
1/2 cup heavy cream
1/4 cup Irish whiskey
1/4 cup coffee liqueur
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
In large mixing bowl, sift the first 4 ingredients together. Stir remaining ingredients, blending until moist. Fill paper-lined muffin tins full. Bake approximately 20 minutes.
Shamrock Milk Shake
Makes 1 serving.
1 cup milk
2 tablespoons pistachio instant pudding (dry)
1 Oreo Mint Pure Milk Chocolate Covered Chocolate
Sandwich Cookie, finely chopped
Pour milk into tall glass. Add dry pudding mix; stir 2 to 3 minutes or until pudding mix is completely dissolved. Stir in chopped cookie. Serve immediately.
Wild Irish Rose
1 ounce lime juice
1 ounce grenadine
1 ounce Bushmill
7 ounces ginger ale
Mix lime juice, grenadine and Bushmill and pour over ice. Top with ginger ale. This will resemble a sunset, red at the bottom fading to pink at the top.
Leprechaun Shake
2 scoops vanilla ice cream
1 cup milk
3 or 4 drops green food coloring
Chocolate syrup
Put ice cream milk and food coloring into blender. Blend until smooth and green. Pour into glass. Drizzle with chocolate syrup and give one quick stir.
Godiva Irish Coffee
1 1/2 ounces Godiva Liqueur
3/4 ounce Irish cream liqueur
4 ounces hot coffee
Whipped cream for garnish
Pour liqueurs and coffee into a mug and stir. Add a dollop of whipped cream to the top.
Godiva Irish Freeze
1 1/4 ounces Godiva Liqueur
3/4 ounce Irish cream liqueur
Combine over crushed ice in a snifter. Stir.