A few green food coloring drops in beer. What more do you need?
Source(s):
http://www.recipezaar.com/Green-Beer-slagraveinte-115415

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Irish Roast Pork with Potato Stuffing
Serves 6
Preparation Time: 20 minutes
Cooking Time: 1 hour
Ingredients :
2 pounds pork tenderloin, or 6 to 8 boneless lean pork chops
2 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons hard cider (apple wine) or water
stuffing (see below)
salt and pepper
Preparation :
Make stuffing. Rub meat with salt, pepper and butter. Pour cider or water into 3 -quart casserole dish. Place meat along edges of dish. Place stuffing in center of pan. Cover loosely with foil and bake 1 hour at 350 degrees.
Stuffing
Ingredients :
4 1/2 cups Gold Potatoes or Butter Red Potatoes, coarsely mashed
1/4 cup butter
1 onion
2 large cooking apples, chopped
1 handful chopped fresh sage and thyme
Salt and pepper
Preparation :
To potatoes, add butter, onion, apples, herbs, salt and pepper.
Mix well.
Source(s):
http://www.theholidayspot.com/patrick/main_dish.htm

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Something a bit unusual from the Gaelic-speaking areas of Ireland is Craibheachain ("craw bah hawn"). It's a seafood salad sometimes described as a spread, with lemon, yogurt (traditionally not really yogurt but another cultured milk product), and herbs. It's very good! There is a restaurant in my state that serves it because the owner comes from western Ireland. I cannot find the recipe anywhere online, but if you combine whitefish, crab, yogurt, lemon juice, chopped scallions, parsley and thyme, you'll come close.

Another very traditional one is dulse soup. I made this for St. Patrick's Day one year for a company I worked at (I was a tariff interpreter, not a cook, but I volunteered for fun). It's pretty much just chicken broth with chopped leaks and dulse in it. It was a fun novelty. I took home a gallon and we ate it for a week.

"Champ" is a typical Irish version of mashed potatoes. It's mashed potatoes with lots of scallions and butter added. Restaurants in the U.S. will typically use garlic because it's less expensive.

Simply peel several good-sized potatoes and boil them in a little water. While they're boiling, chop up the scallions ("spring onions") . Some people boil them as well, but in milk. Others just chop them up. I think I like them boiled better.

Mash the potatoes, adding a good bit of butter and a little milk-- about 1/4 lb. per every pound of potatoes. Add the chopped scallions and mix in well. For a lb. of potatoes, add about 2-3 stalks of scallions.

This is also called "poundies". You can serve it as is, or it makes a nice topping for Shepherd's Pie or a nice base for sausages, as in Banger and Mash.
Source(s):
www.irishlion.com

My traditional Irish cookbook

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My Grandkids love this cake we make the colors fit whatever holiday we are celebrating! For St Partick's Day here is the recipe.

Grannie Jello Poke Cake

* 2 baked 9-inch round white cake layers, cooled ( I use 9" X 13" pan)
* 2 cups boiling water
* 2 pkg. (4 serving size) JELL-O Brand Lime Gelatin
* 1 (8 ounce) tub COOL WHIP FREE Whipped Topping, thawed (color with green food coloring)

DIRECTIONS

1. Place both cake layers, top-sides up, in clean 9-inch round cake pans. (If using 9" X 13" pan leave in pan. Pierce layers evenly with large fork at 1/2-inch intervals.
2. Stir boiling water into dry gelatin mix in medium bowl at least 2 minutes until completely dissolved. Pour evenly over cake layers. Refrigerate 3 hours.
3. Dip one of the cake pans in warm water 10 seconds; unmold onto serving plate. Spread with about 1 cup of the whipped topping. Unmold second cake layer; carefully place on first cake layer. Frost top and side of cake with remaining whipped topping. Refrigerate at least 1 hour or until ready to serve. Decorate as desired. Store in refrigerator.

This is a light yummy cake you will make over and over! Enjoy.
Source(s):
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/black-cherry-jell-o-poke-cake/Detail.aspx

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Their is nothing more famous from Ireland than Guinness. But if you want a recipe for a special day make the cocktail known as Black Velvet. It is half Guinness and half Champagne.
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