There are many different traditional Irish Christmas recipes. Some of these date back for centuries.
For instance, spiced beef was popular long before anyone thought of inventing the refrigerator and came at a time when curing meat was the only way to prevent it from becoming rancid!
This is still a popular dish that has graced many an Irish Christmas table.
Traditional Irish Christmas recipes may take a
long time to prepare or have ingredients that were quite expensive in
the early days, making them perfect as a special treat for the holidays.
Here are a few of our favorites. At the bottom of the page you'll find links to many more!
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Grandma always had a few tidbits for us to snack on until dinner was ready. One was a particularly tasty cheesy treat she baked and placed on the table early.
It took quite a bit of labor for her to make the thin, flaky sheets of dough and Irish cheddar cheese.
A traditional Irish Christmas recipe in my house is the classic spiced beef.
While there was a time you couldn’t purchase the saltpeter required for the recipe, and it never tasted quite as good, you can now get salt peter at most pharmacies or online, so it’s now back on our Christmas menu.
This delicious meat is wonderful to snack on throughout the holiday season. It’s also wonderful for a sandwich with a combination of mustard and mayonnaise.
While many love the traditional Christmas cake made with candied fruit, dried fruit and nuts and topped with marzipan and white icing, I love the taste of freshly baked apple cake, particularly when we grew many of the ingredients in our own back yard.
It’s a wonderful way to use up the last of the fall harvest stored earlier.
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