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Goulash Belleek Style
This recipe is from the Belleek Pottery Visitor Centre in Belleek, County Fermanagh. Belleek, Ireland's oldest pottery, marked its 150th anniversary in 2007.
* 1 to 2 tablespoons oil
* 1 large onion, chopped
* 1 pound beef (best cut), cubed
* 2 tablespoons flour
* 2 tablespoons tomato purée
* 14-ounce can chopped tomatoes
* 1 1/2 cups beef stock
* 1 bay leaf
* 1/2 teaspoon caraway seeds
* 1 red pepper, seeds removed and sliced
* 1 green pepper, seeds removed and sliced
* 10 ounces cream
* 2 tablespoons fresh parsley, chopped
* Cooked potatoes or rice
Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Put oil in a medium-size heavy pan, and fry onion. Coat cubed meat with flour and add to onions, allowing meat to brown. Add tomato purée, chopped tomatoes, beef stock and bay leaf. Mix together and pour into a casserole dish. Place in preheated oven and bake for 30 minutes. Add caraway seeds and peppers, and bake for another 30 minutes. Remove casserole from oven and allow it to cool about 5 minutes. Add cream, and sprinkle with parsley. Serve with potatoes or rice.

Food

'Comfort Food' has Irish recipes

By Sharon Thompson
McClatchy Newspapers
Tucson, Arizona | Published: 07.02.2008
Falling in love with the land and people of Ireland is common after a first visit, but Viki Pidgeon fell harder than most.
Pidgeon and her husband, Barney, who live in Shelby County, Ky., traveled to Ireland in 1998 to visit the home of Barney's grandfather. Now she dreams of having a small apartment in Ireland and spending part of each year there.
After returning home from the first visit, Pidgeon wrote a cookbook, "Deliciously Irish." Now her second book, "Ireland's Comfort Food & Touring Attractions," has won a bronze IPPY award from Independent Publisher.
"As soon as I received my shipment of books, I sent one off to be entered in the Independent Publisher Book Awards, and lo and behold, on Mother's Day weekend, I learned I was one of the winners in the cookbook category," she said.
"Comfort Food" is a collection of recipes from chefs and proprietors of restaurants, hotels, country houses, tourist attractions and castles throughout Ireland.
In 2006, Pidgeon spent a month studying the art of Irish cooking at Belle Isle School of Cookery in County Fermanagh in Northern Ireland. Some of the dishes are included in the book, which is available at www.irelandscomfort food.com for $21.95.
"Comfort foods may vary from country to country, but they all seem to have one thing in common: They make you feel good," she said.
What appeals most to Pidgeon about Ireland is "that everyday life turns at a slower pace. It just doesn't seem to be as hectic as it is here in America," she said. "The people of Ireland are a welcoming people, so friendly and kind, down-to-earth and genuine."
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