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Desserts
Chocolate Chip Cookies
These chocolate chip cookies are the kitchen's speciality treat for all guests staying in the hotel and... -
DessertsPreheat oven to 190°C/Gas 5 and line muffin tin with cases. Cream the butter and brown sugar until fluffy. Combine with the apple, carrot, milk and eggs. Combine the flour, bran, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Blend into original mixture and add walnuts. Spoon mixture into muffin cases and bake. Turn out onto a wire rack.
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Lunch
Roast Cauliflower Salad
Sounds dull, but this wonderfully zingy salad by Cafe Rua is far greater than it’s sum of parts and... -
Desserts
Mince Pies
For unbelievably good mince pies you need to have top quality mincemeat. This mincemeat recipe is easy... -
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Quesadilla with Burren Smoked Salmon
An easy and yet satisfying Mexican recipe with an Irish twist! It is more "assembly" than cooking required... -
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Steamed Syrup Sponge Pudding
Ballyvolane House is home to Ballyvolane Spirits where Bertha's Revenge Small Batch Irish Milk Gin is... -
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Autumnal Squash Soup
This warming soup is a favourite consolation in Ard Bia when summer has finally slipped away... -
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Brown Soda Bread
If you were sitting at a table overlooking the Claddagh Basin, on the River Corrib, in the heart of Galway... -
Desserts & Baking
Aoibheann’s Bread and Butter Pudding
If you were sitting at a table overlooking the Claddagh Basin, on the River Corrib, in the heart... -
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Wild Garlic, Nettle & Barley Soup
The Wild Garlic season runs from late Spring to early Summer and this really is a most delicious soup. If... -
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BreakfastMakes 1 loaf or 3 small loaves Put all the dry ingredients including the sieved bread soda into a large bowl, mix well. Whisk the egg, add the oil and honey most of the buttermilk. Make a well in the centre of the dry ingredients and pour in all the liquid, mix well and add more buttermilk if necessary. The mixture should be soft and slightly sloppy, pour into an oiled tin or tins. Sprinkle some sunflower or sesame seeds on the top. Bake for 60 minutes approx, or until the bread is nice and crusty and sounds hollow when tapped. Cool on a wire rack. Health Bread Add 1 tablespoon of sunflower seeds, 1 tablespoon of sesame seeds, 1 tablespoon of pumpkin seeds, 1 tablespoon of kibbled wheat to the dry ingredients. Keep a mixture to scatter over the top.
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Drinks
Hedgerow Martini – Sloe Gin, Elderflower & Blackberries
This autumn Winter cocktail by Ballyvolane House is utterly delicious and proves that foraging can create... -
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Tian of Clare Island Organic Salmon
If you have a 'things to do before I die' list - a stay in Dublin's iconic 5-Star Luxury Merrion Hotel...
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