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Here is a list of tools you may need to make your lucky St. Patrick day foods:

Cooking corned beef in a cast iron Dutch oven is definitely one of the preferred methods. A

Irish Potato Pie

Ingredients

• 1 sheet frozen puff pastry, thawed

• 4 tablespoons butter

• 7 slices bacon (thick-cut slices), chopped

• 5 potatoes, (or 4 large) peeled and sliced thin

• 1 onion, peeled and sliced thin

Irish Soda Bread, a sweet-andsavory bread that tastes like a mix between scones and bread? This quick bread is incredibly easy to make using your cast iron skillet. We also carry scone pans to assist If you’ve got leftovers, break out the skillet for corned beef hash. The layer of food making contact

• 1 tablespoon fresh dill

• 1/2 cup heavy cream or half & half

• Salt and pepper

• Chive or scallion for garnish

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Place the thawed puff pastry in a 8- or 9-inch tart pan and crimp the edges. Remove the excess dough and piece it along the rim if needed to make the rim even in some places. Refrigerate the crust until ready to fill.

2. Place the butter and bacon in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Sauté until the bacon is crispy then toss in the onions, followed by the potatoes and dill. Season with 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon ground pepper. Gently stir 3-5 minutes,to mix the onions and potatoes and coat in bacon grease. (The potatoes don’t need to be cooked through.) Then spoon the mixture into the crust and drizzle with heavy cream.

3. Bake on the low rack in the oven for 35-45 minutes, until the potatoes are fork- tender and the crust is golden. Rest for 10 minutes, then sprinkle with chopped chive and cut.

Recipe courtesy of aspicyperspective.com low-temperature oven combined with cast iron cookware creates the perfect environment for the tough meat to slowly break down, resulting in incredibly juicy, fallapart-tender slices of beef. Also, remember your Chef (cook’s knife) to help you with your Irish Potato pie (use a tart pan) with cutting your potatoes. You will need the chef’s knife for carrots and corned beef too.

Are you making your favorite with the pan, will sear nicely, giving you crispy potatoes, while the food above it will continue to cook by the heat from the skillet. Irish lemon pudding is a favorite dessert and is easy to make. You can bake it in a springform cake pan or pie dish. As it bakes, the batter separates into two layers. The top layer has the texture of a sponge cake while the bottom layer, on the other hand, is custard-like. The pudding can

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be topped with fresh whipped cream and served with berries. Stop by Compliments to the Chef, your Neighborhood Kitchen and Cutlery store, as you prepare your lucky foods this St. Patrick’s Day. Remember my

Foodie Friends; “Life Happens in the Kitchen”.

Take Care, John & Paula

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