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Rachel’s Irish Family Food: A collection of Rachel’s best-loved family recipes by Rachel Allen
Published by HarperCollins UK on February 28, 2013
Genres: Cooking / Celebrities & Media Tie-In, Cooking / General, Cooking / Individual Chefs & Restaurants, Cooking / Methods / Quick & Easy, Cooking / Regional & Ethnic / General, Cooking / Regional & Ethnic / Irish, Cooking / Specific Ingredients / Meat
Pages: 256
Format: ARC, eBook
Source: Netgalley
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Rachel Allen, Ireland’s best-loved cook, shares with you a collection of family favourites and tried-and-tested Irish classics chosen from her previous bestselling books. Also includes 30 brand new recipes.

‘This is a cookbook I have always wanted to write. It’s a collection of my very best family recipes, seriously comforting and nourishing food, all inspired by both traditional and modern Irish cooking.'

Rachel’s Irish Family Food contains 120 recipes that offer the best in both traditional and modern Irish cooking, from new twists on old classics to tried-and-tested recipes which are sure to become firm family favourites in your home.

Quick and simple dinners, big family feasts, sweet treats and celebration food; this is family cooking at its best. From homemade pork sausages with colcannon, chicken casserole with cheesy herb dumplings and Irish stew, to easy-to-cook seafood and traditional fish pie, as well as simple sweet and savoury breads and desserts such as porter cake and fruit crumbles.

From the plentiful Irish countryside to Rachel’s table and now to yours, Rachel’s Irish Family Food is full of hearty, comforting Irish classics.

Recipes Include:
Kinoith pork casserole
Irish Stew
Crumbed bacon chops with sweet whiskey sauce
Roast chicken
Buttered cabbage
Irish coffee meringue roulade
Pea and spring onion champ
Dublin bay prawns with mayonnaise
Turkey and ham potato pie
Colcannon
Ballymaloe dressed crab
St Stephen’s Day muffins
Traditional herb stuffing
Brown soda bread

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Rachel’s Irish Family Food

 by Rachel Allen (3★)

This cookbook feels like a warm invitation into Rachel Allen’s kitchen. The photography alone had me bookmarking recipes, even if my picky eaters might not be as enthusiastic. I appreciated the practical organization—especially the weeknight dinners and one-pot meals—and the cultural notes about Ireland’s provinces added a lovely touch. While not every recipe will work for my household, I still see this becoming a trusted go-to for comfort food and simple baking days.