{"id":9082,"date":"2016-03-15T16:20:32","date_gmt":"2016-03-15T21:20:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/boydsnest.org\/news\/?p=9082"},"modified":"2016-03-15T16:20:32","modified_gmt":"2016-03-15T21:20:32","slug":"st-patricks-potpie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/boydsnest.org\/news\/2016\/st-patricks-potpie\/","title":{"rendered":"St. Patrick’s Potpie"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have a little bit of Irish in my background, but I’ve never done a very good job celebrating St. Patrick’s Day aside from wearing a bit o’ green. But after years of experimenting, I’ve finally landed on a winner: a truly delicious and mishmashed celebration of Irish food.<\/p>\n

I have nothing against corned beef and potatoes, but that never seems to fly particularly well around here for a few reasons. Some children appear to haven an aversion to potatoes (unless they are deep-fried), and I am unwilling to invest the time in making my own corned beef at this stage of my life. We have had corned beef sandwiches, and green eggs, and Irish soda bread — but none of those ever called for annual repetition. So I was particularly pleased when I came up with this vegetable-rich savory potpie. It is comfort food at its best: warm, not too heavy, a little cheesy, and very tasty. Excellent with a side of saut\u00e9ed broccoli and a cold Guinness. Sl\u00e1inte!<\/p>\n

\"St.<\/a><\/p>\n

h3. St Patrick\u2019s Potpie
\nCorned Beef and Cabbage Pot Pie with Irish Cheddar Biscuit Topping<\/p>\n

(Print a copy of St. Patrick\u2019s Potpie<\/a>)<\/p>\n

*Stew*
\n2 T butter or bacon fat
\n1 onion, sliced thinly
\none whole green cabbage, sliced
\n1 cup Guinness
\n1 teaspoon chicken bouillon
\n1 cup milk
\n\u00bc cup flour
\n1 lb corned beef lunchmeat, sliced into strips
\nsalt, pepper, lemon juice<\/p>\n

Warm the fat in a 5-quart dutch oven or similarly-sized pan. Saut\u00e9 the onion in the fat. Slowly add the sliced cabbage until it is all softened and wilted. Add the Guinness and the bouillon. In a measuring cup, whisk flour into the milk, and then add that to the cabbage mixture. Stir in the corned beef. Season to taste with salt, pepper, and lemon juice. Set aside.<\/p>\n

*Biscuits*
\n3 cups flour
\n1 T baking powder
\n\u00bd teaspoon baking soda
\n1 \u00bc teaspoons salt (or possibly a bit more)
\n1 \u00bc cups grated Irish cheddar cheese (the sharper the better)
\n12 T (1 \u00bd sticks) butter, cold
\n1 \u00bd cups cold buttermilk, plus a bit more if necessary<\/p>\n

Whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Cut the cold butter into the flour mixture with a pastry cutter, then add the cheese and the buttermilk. Stir until dough just comes together. (Add a bit more buttermilk if needed.) <\/p>\n

*Assembly*
\nPreheat oven to 400\u00b0. Pour stew into a ovenproof serving dish (9×13 works, or I may try two 9\u201d pie plates next time). Pinch biscuit dough with fingers into small rough rounds and place over filling. Bake until pastry is golden brown and filling is bubbly, 30-35 minutes.<\/p>\n

*Note*
\nI increase the biscuit dough a bit and bake a few on the side for children who like their food separate. If that sounds like it would go over well in your domain, here are the new proportions to make the dough:<\/p>\n

4 cups flour
\n1 T + 1 teas baking powder
\n\u00be teaspoon baking soda
\n1 \u00be teaspoons salt (or possibly a bit more)
\n1 \u00bd cups grated Irish cheddar cheese (the sharper the better)
\n1 cup (2 sticks) butter, cold
\n2 cups cold buttermilk, plus a bit more if necessary
\n\"St.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I have a little bit of Irish in my background, but I’ve never done a very good job celebrating St. Patrick’s Day aside from wearing a bit o’ green. But after years of experimenting, I’ve finally landed on a winner: a truly delicious and mishmashed celebration of Irish food.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9089,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9082","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recipes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/boydsnest.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9082","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/boydsnest.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/boydsnest.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boydsnest.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boydsnest.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9082"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/boydsnest.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9082\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9098,"href":"https:\/\/boydsnest.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9082\/revisions\/9098"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boydsnest.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9089"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/boydsnest.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boydsnest.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boydsnest.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}