I started The Flavour Files in 2012 and have added recipes celebrating our wonderful Irish produce ever since. My recipes show great produce is as much at home on our kitchen tables as on a restaurant menu. It's not just recipes though - there is news, reviews & other writing too!
March 20, 2015
I spent most of my childhood arguing with people that macaroni cheese wasn’t in fact just macaroni pasta and cheese sauce. Vehemently did I protest that there was meat in it and something calle “rattatoo-ee”, whatever the hell that was. It wasn’t until I was well into my 20’s that I had my first taste […]
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March 20, 2015
Soup is great, isn’t it! It’s the perfect way of getting rid of any left over bits in your fridge whilst at the same time give you a realy boost of vitamins and flavour. They can be as gourmet, comforting, zen, healthy (or not) as you choose them to be! The recipe below came as […]
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March 20, 2015
This is a lovely summery salad that accompanies BBQ meats and fish equally well. It’s really quick and simple to put together but tastes aromatic from the fennel seed and zingy from the chilli. There is a very obvious nod to the greek and turkish food traditions here. Ingredients (serves 4-6 as an accompaniement):1 […]
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March 20, 2015
We’ve all been there…a great BBQ was had by all, but there was too much food bought/brought and nobody ate as much as they thought they could handle, and as a result you have been left with a load of cooked sausages. What to do with them? There’s only so many sausage sandwiches one can […]
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March 20, 2015
There are many lovely things about living in West Cork. As a food-obsessed “blow-in” all my Christmases come at once living here, every day of the year! So imagine my utter delight to hear how Allison Roberts, founder and master chocolatier of Clonakilty Chocolate ( www.clonakiltychocolate.com ), was launching a crowd-funding initiative to open the […]
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Last Sunday 15th June 2014 was national Street Feast day. Local communities and groups coming together for a couple of hours one Sunday afternoon as a way of reconnecting in a fun and relaxing way with their immediate neighbours. We are all guilty of it I am sure. Too busy and caught up in the […]
Read morePlanning a visit to West Cork and want the low-down on the best artisan foods in the region? Or maybe just keen to support local food producers? A copy of the Artisan Food Guide will be your invaluable resource, and ideal for planning an independent food adventure of your own too!
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March 20, 2015
Sometimes I get a whimsical thought in my head and when I do I hop in my car and off I drive. I always have a destination in mind, but I’m never particularly bothered about how long I’m going to be or what route I’ll take to get there. I figure that there may be […]
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March 20, 2015
Summer equals salads. But then it rains a bit, and the wind starts coming from the North. But then the sun comes out again and its 100% humidity. The weather doesn’t know what it’s doing and it makes you feel like you’re not quite sure whether you should be eating something to cool you down […]
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As a child, I was lucky enough to grow up in a household where we made the best possible use of our garden. This included quite a large fruit and vegetable garden that was about 50ft long by the width and a little bit more of our 1950’s end of terrace house. This meant that […]
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March 20, 2015
Welcome back to the world’s shortest series on posh sarnies! If Part 1 was an assemblage requiring very little effort, then Part 2 sits firmly at the other end of the spectrum. This heavenly mouthful takes all the classic components of the Waldorf Salad and turns it into a lovely open sandwich which would […]
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March 20, 2015
I LOVE a good sandwich – really I do. Doesn’t matter what the filling is really as long as it’s interesting. I’m not really a cheese and tomato kind of gal unless its uber fresh mozarella on sunblushed tomatoes with basil and balsamic vinegar on a toasted artisan ciabatta. Pretentious I know, but I think […]
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March 20, 2015
It’s all been about the gooseberries these past couple of weeks!
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March 20, 2015
I do love a bit of jerk chicken – hot, spicy and aromatic, but I am also a lover of asian flavours especially as they are also hot, spicy and aromatic! And so, why can’t you make jerk chicken with asian flavours instead?
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March 20, 2015
I make Pavlova quite a bit in our house, mainly because it’s my husbands favourite desert and for me, any opportunity to eat something slathered in whipped cream is all good in my book!
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It’s time for another Tumbler Desert everyone! Yes, you thought I’d forgotten about them, but deserts are thin on the ground whilst I’m working through my 6 week 5:2 reboot programme! Ingredients (serves 2):Two small handful of amaretti biscuits.Small slug of Cointreau liquer.A single square of Green & Blacks Maya Gold (spiced orange and […]
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March 20, 2015
Making a knock out pasta dish at home on a weekday evening shouldn’t have to take you such a long time. The secret is always in the base sauce that you make.
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March 20, 2015
There really is no comparison: a homemade burger versus a shop bought machine manufacturerd one…it’s an easy choice! And when they are made by you, the flavour combinations are endless! Whether it’s adding in some spice, some BBQ sauce or some blue cheese, you can make your burger to suit your very own pallet!
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March 20, 2015
There is a craze at the moment for celebrating food that is, essentially, American. American food, like British Cuisine, is heavily influenced by the immigration of people from every possible country, background, ethnicity, faith and varying degrees of wealth or poverty.
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March 20, 2015
Some days only pasta will do and some days it’s nice to get a little creative about what to serve up with your lashings of comfort inducing pasta! This recipe balances the comfort of pasta and a creamy sauce with the summery flavours of Burren Smoked Trout (buy it here), garden peas and spring onions.
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March 20, 2015
I absolutely love an affogato as a desert! If you have excellent ingredients to start of with, then this is a quick mid-week desert that screams of luxury but takes just minutes to assemble.
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March 20, 2015
This dish makes for a lovely light dinner on a warm sunny evening! Tasty, zingy, smokey and piquante it just about hits all the tastebuds smack in the mouth!
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