Belated St. Patrick's Day
St. Patrick's Day a time for good food and evenings with friends. Although they are not pictured here, I had a dear friend of 20 plus years and her boyfriend come for a belated St. Patrick's Day celebration.
Since my everyday dishes are red I thought that putting them on green placemats would look more like Christmas and a lot less like spring. So, I put out the good china.
Early in the day I got baking so the oven would be empty when the time came to put the corned beef in it. I made a strawberry layer cake with vanilla frosting and then put these shamrock sprinkles on it. They were edible but not very tasty.
I made Irish Soda bread for the first time. I really liked how it turned out and will make this again.
To go along with the corned beef and cabbage I made oven roasted red potato wedges. The potatoes are tossed with olive oil and crushed whole cloves of garlic and rosemary before going in the oven. The whole place smells of roasted garlic while they are cooking.
The cabbage. I do not boil my corned beef and cabbage. I sautéed the cabbage in a little butter with a thinly sliced onion.
The main course. Oven roasted corned beef with the red potato wedges. I made a 3.85 lb. corned beef and it cooked for 5-1/2 hours in the oven. It is so good, but I will not share this recipe,,,well maybe if you ask me really nicely.
Since my everyday dishes are red I thought that putting them on green placemats would look more like Christmas and a lot less like spring. So, I put out the good china.
Early in the day I got baking so the oven would be empty when the time came to put the corned beef in it. I made a strawberry layer cake with vanilla frosting and then put these shamrock sprinkles on it. They were edible but not very tasty.
I made Irish Soda bread for the first time. I really liked how it turned out and will make this again.
To go along with the corned beef and cabbage I made oven roasted red potato wedges. The potatoes are tossed with olive oil and crushed whole cloves of garlic and rosemary before going in the oven. The whole place smells of roasted garlic while they are cooking.
The cabbage. I do not boil my corned beef and cabbage. I sautéed the cabbage in a little butter with a thinly sliced onion.
The main course. Oven roasted corned beef with the red potato wedges. I made a 3.85 lb. corned beef and it cooked for 5-1/2 hours in the oven. It is so good, but I will not share this recipe,,,well maybe if you ask me really nicely.
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