ST Patrick's Day dinner

 

I always make home made corned beef  brisket.  Always.  We also had parsnips, rutababa, carrots. potatoes and soda bread and soda scones.

The potatoes and cabbage were boiled.  Cabbage in corned beef water, the rest of the vegetables were steamed.  For the Corned beef, go to any year before this one and click on March. The scones are from a new-to me- recipe and we really liked them.  They will become a regular from now on.

 

Irish Soda Scones

Ingredients

2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour 

2 teaspoons baking powder 

1/4 teaspoon baking soda 

1/4 cup granulated sugar 

1/2 teaspoon kosher salt 

1 stick cold unsalted butter 

1/2 cup dried currants 

2 teaspoons caraway seeds 

1 cup cold buttermilk 

1 cup confectioners' sugar 

2 tablespoons whole milk 

1/4 teaspoon grated orange zest

Directions

Step 1 Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, granulated sugar, and salt.

Step 2 Cut butter into small pieces; work into flour mixture with your fingers or a pastry cutter until dough resembles coarse meal. Add currants, caraway seeds, and buttermilk; stir until just combined.

Step 3 Scoop 1/3 cup-size mounds of dough onto a parchment-lined baking sheet, spaced 3 inches apart. Bake until bottoms are golden, 15 to 20 minutes. Let cool completely on sheet.

Step 4 Meanwhile, combine confectioners' sugar, milk, and orange zest. Drizzle over scones; serve.