Full on Irish: Creative Contemporary Cooking

by KevinDundon (Author)

• Used

  Hardcover
  2005

  $5.82

  Kevin Dundon is an award-winning TV chef. This title features creative modern cooking inspired by traditional Irish themes. Every main recipe has an accompanying photograph. Recipes are practical and easy to follow. Similar ingredients are easily sourced in any country. This book features modern Irish cooking at its best. In this outstanding book, one of Ireland's most highly regarded chefs presents over 80 original modern recipes inspired by traditional Irish themes and ingredients: Tomato & Poitin Soup, Duncannon Seafood Chowder, Roast Rack of Lamb in Irish Stew Consomme, and Bailey's Cream Pot are typically mouthwatering examples. Recipes celebrate the natural riches of Irish land and sea that surround Dunbrody House, the County Wexford country manor house, that author Kevin Dundon and his wife Catherine have transformed into a must-visit destination for food lovers: local seafood, freshwater fish, game, fruit, vegetables, herbs and farmhouse cheeses are all featured, many of these ingredients from the gardens at Dunbrody House, as well as nearby farms, rivers and the sea. Dishes in this stylish contemporary Irish cookbook are a celebration of Kevin Dundon's philosophy of food, and encapsulate the flavour of both Dunbrody House & Cookery School and Kevin Dundon's restaurant, Raglan Road, in Orlando. USA. The book features on the superb produce of Co Wexford, which supplies his larder, lend a unique personality to the food of this talented chef - and the products at the heart of Kevin Dundon's kitchen are also clearly explained so readers can find them, or easily identify similar products in any country for use in the recipes. A chapter dedicated to The Larder gives recipes for special ingredients such as Irish heather lamb stock and fresh herb oil, and also basics and accompaniments like Irish soda bread, onion marmalade and raspberry jam. Emphasising the special quality of Irish hospitality, Kevin suggests a quartet of Seasonal Dinner Party Menus, based on recipes in earlier chapters. It contains specially commissioned original photography throughout, by the acclaimed photograph.