{"id":410,"date":"2014-03-14T19:48:56","date_gmt":"2014-03-15T00:48:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.suburbandiva.com\/?p=410"},"modified":"2014-03-14T19:48:56","modified_gmt":"2014-03-15T00:48:56","slug":"st-patricks-day-dinner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.suburbandiva.com\/2014\/03\/14\/st-patricks-day-dinner\/","title":{"rendered":"St. Patrick’s Day Dinner"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the things I remember the most about my mother’s cooking was her corned beef dinner. She would make the corned beef, red-skinned potatoes and boiled cabbage. It was one of my favorite meals as a kid.<\/p>\n

Except for the cabbage.<\/p>\n

The cabbage smell would make me gag, but everything else was so good I tried not to notice. She claimed that you couldn’t make corned beef without the cabbage, and for years I took that as standard much like I believed Tiger Lilies were endangered. (She told me that so I wouldn’t pick them.) So over the years I’ve created my own version of the traditional St. Patrick’s Day dinner sans boiled cabbage.<\/p>\n

Some things don’t change, however. You need to get the gross looking package of corned beef that will be on sale this week, and boil the crap out of it. Use the spice pack that comes with it, and boil it for like 3 hours or whatever it says on the package. Just leave an extra 30 minutes or so to let it rest on the cutting board before you slice.<\/p>\n

Next is the potatoes–again, just boil the red-skinned potatoes until tender and drain. I like to melt butter, parsley and a little garlic salt to serve along side.<\/p>\n

Next comes the cabbage. I found this recipe from Bon Appetit a couple of years ago, and I absolutely love it. Yes, I love cabbage when it’s prepared with a warm pancetta-balsamic dressing.<\/a> So good.<\/p>\n

The Barefoot Contessa has a great Irish Soda bread <\/a>recipe that I use as well. She uses dried currants rather than raisins, and I think it gives it a unique tartness that gives the bread a little bite and freshness with the orange zest.<\/p>\n

This year I topped off the meal with a homemade Bailey’s gelato because I am into homemade gelatos at the moment. I’ve also made Bailey’s cheesecake in the past which is super yummy. I’ll be working on that gelato recipe before I post it, however, because it didn’t set up as firmly as I liked, and was quite boozy.<\/p>\n

\"Weird<\/a>
Weird that there’s nothing green on the plate for St. Patrick’s Day….<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

But then what would a good St. Patrick’s Day dinner be if not a little boozy?<\/p>\n

But the best part of this meal? The Corned Beef Who Hash the next day…<\/p>\n

\"Best<\/a>
Best breakfast on March 18.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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