St Patrick's Day Recipes

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Everybody's Irish


Ingredients:

2 oz Irish whiskey
1 Tbsp crème de menthe, green
1 Tbsp Chartreuse, green
cocktail olive for garnish


Pour the ingredients into a cocktail shaker with ice cubes.
Shake well.
Strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
Garnish with olive.

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Irish Eyes


Ingredients:

1 oz Irish whiskey
1/4 oz crème de menthe, green
2 oz cream
maraschino cherry for garnish


Pour the ingredients into a cocktail shaker with ice cubes.
Shake well.
Strain into an old-fashioned glass.
Garnish with marashino cherry.

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Top 10 hotels to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day

Holiday festivities take place in the Ireland, the U.S. and beyond

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35836053...-destinations/

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Irish Cabbage and Potato Slaw

2 medium white potatoes (8 oz.), peeled and cut in 1/2” slices
1 small Savoy cabbage (about 1 1/4 lb.) or 1/2 medium head green cabbage
1 carrot, shredded
4 scallions, green part only, chopped
2 Tbsp. distilled white vinegar
1 1/2 tsp. dry mustard powder
1 tsp. sugar
1 tsp. salt
1/8 tsp. ground black pepper, or to taste
1 Tbsp. canola oil
1/4 cup fat-free or low-fat buttermilk


Place potatoes in a medium saucepan. Cover with cold water to a depth of 2 inches. Cook over medium-high heat. When the potatoes still have some resistance to a thin knife, drain them. Cut them into 1/2” strips and set aside.

While potatoes cook, quarter the cabbage, cut away the core and shred into 1/2-inch strips. (There should be about 6 cups.) Place cabbage in a large mixing bowl. Add carrots and scallions.

In a small bowl, combine vinegar, mustard powder, sugar, salt and pepper, mixing until sugar dissolves. Mix in the oil. Pour dressing over vegetables. Using hands, mix to coat vegetables with dressing. Add potatoes and mix again. Cover slaw and set aside for 15 minutes to wilt cabbage.

Pour in buttermilk and mix again. Cover and refrigerate slaw until ready to serve, or up to 6 hours. The slaw is best when the cabbage and carrots still have some crunch.

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Pistachio Nut Bundt Cake


1 (18.25 ounce) package yellow cake mix
2 (3.4 ounce) packages instant pistachio pudding mix
1 cup sour cream
1/2 cup vegetable oil
4 eggs
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 cup confectioners' sugar for dusting

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9 inch Bundt pan.

In a medium bowl, stir together the cake mix and instant pudding. Add the sour cream, oil and eggs, mix well. Pour half of the batter into the prepared pan. Combine the brown sugar, walnuts and cinnamon, sprinkle over the batter in the pan. Cover with the remaining batter.

Bake for 1 hour in the preheated oven, until cake springs back when lightly touched. Cool for 15 minutes in pan before inverting onto a wire rack to cool completely. When cake is cooled, dust with confectioners' sugar.

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10 Great Places to Find a Lucky Charm

Wednesday might be St. Patrick's Day, but you don't have to be Irish to be favored by fortune. Whether you smooch them, tickle them or jitterbug around them, good-luck monuments can leave you feeling, well, lucky.

http://abcnews.go.com/Travel/st-patr...ry?id=10079434

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Shamrock Shake
Serves 2

1 cup skim milk
3/4 cup frozen mango
2 ice cubes
1/4 cup loosely packed baby spinach
1/4 cup toasted almonds
1 tablespoon ground flax
3 teaspoons granulated sugar

Place the milk, mango, ice, spinach, almonds, flax and sugar in a blender. Process until smooth and serve immediately.

To spike the shake, add one shot of vodka before blending.


http://www.slashfood.com/2010/03/12/...mrock-shake%2F

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Green Dublin Apple Cocktail


Ingredients:

2 oz Michael Collins Irish whiskey
1 oz sour apple schnapps
2 oz white cranberry juice
Apple slices


Preparation:

Add all three ingredients in a cocktail shaker.
Add ice, shake vigorously for 30 seconds.
Strain into a chilled martini glass.
Garnish with a fresh apple slice.

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Irish Gold


Ingredients:

2 parts Tullamore Dew Irish Whiskey
2 parts ginger ale
1/2 part peach schnapps
splash of orange juice
lime wheel for garnish

Preparation:

Build the whiskey, schnapps and juice in a Collins glass filled with ice.
Top with ginger ale.
Garnish with a lime wheel.

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Guinness and Bailey Irish Cupcakes


Ingredients
1 cup stout (Guinness)
16 tbsp. unsalted butter
3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 cups sugar
11/2 tsp. baking soda
3/4 tsp. salt
2 large eggs
2/3 cup sour cream
For the Baileys ganache filling:
8 oz. bittersweet chocolate, finely chopped
2/3 cup heavy cream
2 tbsp. butter, at room temperature
2 tsp. Baileys Irish cream
For the Baileys butter cream frosting:
8 tbsp. unsalted butter, at room temperature
3-4 cups confectioners' sugar, sifted
4-8 tbsp. Bailey's Irish cream

Cooking Directions
Preheat the oven to 350° F. Line two cupcake pans with paper liners. Combine the stout and butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Add the cocoa powder and whisk until smooth. Remove from the heat and allow to cool slightly. In a large mixing bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking soda and salt. In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat together the eggs and sour cream to blend. Add the stout-butter mixture and beat just to combine. Mix in the dry ingredients on low speed just until incorporated.

Divide the batter evenly between the cupcake liners, filling them about 2/3 to 3/4 full. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 17 minutes. Allow to cool in the pan for 5-10 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely. To make the ganache filling, place the chocolate in a heatproof bowl.

Heat the cream in a small saucepan until simmering, then pour it over the chocolate. Let sit for one minute and then whisk until smooth. If the chocolate is not completely melted, place the bowl over a double boiler or give it a very short burst in the microwave (15-20 seconds). Add the butter and Baileys and stir until combined. Set aside to let the ganache cool until it is thick enough to be piped.

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/recipe?id=9036047

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10 Things You Didn't Know About St. Patrick's Day


We're all a little Irish on St. Patrick's Day. From shamrocks to snakes, Guinness to the Blarney Stone, TIME takes a look at some of the lesser-known facts about the world's favorite Irish holiday

http://www.time.com/time/specials/pa...0.html?hpt=Mid

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Healthy recipe: Beef and Guinness Stew
Cooking Light Magazine

Ingredients:

2 tablespoons canola oil, divided
1 tablespoon butter, divided
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
2 pounds boneless chuck roast, trimmed and cut into 1-inch cubes
1 teaspoon salt, divided
5 cups chopped onion (about 3 onions)
1 tablespoon tomato paste
4 cups fat-free, less-sodium beef broth
1 (11.2-ounce) bottle Guinness Draught
1 tablespoon raisins
1 teaspoon caraway seeds
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
1 1/2 cups (1/2-inch-thick) diagonal slices carrot (about 8 ounces)
1 1/2 cups (1/2-inch-thick) diagonal slices parsnip (about 8 ounces)
1 cup (1/2-inch) cubed peeled turnip (about 8 ounces)
2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley

Preparation:


1. Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add 1 1/2 teaspoons butter to pan.

2. Place flour in a shallow dish. Sprinkle beef with 1/2 teaspoon salt; dredge beef in flour.

3. Add half of beef to pan; cook 5 minutes, turning to brown on all sides. Remove beef from pan with a slotted spoon.

4. Repeat procedure with remaining 1 tablespoon oil, 1 1/2 teaspoons butter, and beef.

5. Add onion to pan; cook 5 minutes or until tender, stirring occasionally.

6. Stir in tomato paste; cook 1 minute, stirring frequently.

7. Stir in broth and beer, scraping pan to loosen browned bits. Return meat to pan.

8. Stir in remaining 1/2 teaspoon salt, raisins, caraway seeds, and pepper; bring to a boil.

9. Cover, reduce heat, and simmer 1 hour, stirring occasionally.

10. Uncover and bring to a boil. Cook 50 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add carrot, parsnip, and turnip.

11. Cover, reduce heat to low, and simmer 30 minutes, stirring occasionally.

12. Uncover and bring to a boil; cook 10 minutes or until vegetables are tender. Sprinkle with parsley.

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Leprechaun Lore: The History Behind the Famed Green Mischief-Makers


As revelers across the world celebrate St. Patrick's Day, they will embrace classic symbols like the shamrock and the leprechaun. But what exactly are leprechauns, and how did the famed green figures of folklore come into existence?

The original leprechaun was not the top-hat wearing, pipe-smoking, green clad sprite of modern day.

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/03...t+-+World%2529