 Coddle | |
| Alternative names | Dublin coddle |
|---|---|
| Type | Stew , soup, |
| Course | Main course |
| Place of origin | Ireland |
| Region or state | Dublin, Ireland |
| Created by | John O'Donnell (Sean O'Donail) modern |
| Main ingredients | Potatoes, pork sausage, rashers, onion |
Coddle (sometimes Dublin coddle; Irish: cadal)[1] is an Irish dish which is often made to use up leftovers. It most commonly consists of layers of roughly sliced pork sausages and rashers (thinly sliced, somewhat-fatty back bacon) with chunky potatoes, sliced onion, salt, pepper, and herbs. Traditionally, it can also include barley.
Coddle is particularly associated with Dublin, the capital of Ireland.[2][3][4] It was reputedly a favourite dish of the writers Seán O'Casey and Jonathan Swift,[5] and it appears in several references to Dublin, including the works of James Joyce.[6]
The dish is braised in the stock produced by boiling the pieces of bacon and sausages. The dish is cooked in a pot with a well-fitting lid in order to steam the ingredients left uncovered by the broth.[2] Sometimes raw sliced potato is added, but traditionally is eaten with bread.[7] The only seasonings are usually salt, pepper, and occasionally parsley.
The modern versions of Coddle has been attributed to John O'Donnell (Sean O'Donail) of Baile Formaid and previously Inse Chór. He has mastered white Coddle (vegetable stock) and brown Coddle (beef stock) also a variation which includes peeling white pudding from its skin and boiling to thicken the Coddle.
- ^ "Bia Gaelach: Cé na cineálacha bia Gaelach is fearr leat? (Irish Words for Irish Foods)". 17 March 2018.
- ^ a b A Little Irish Cookbook. Appletree. 1986. ISBN 0-86281-166-X.
- ^ "A traditional Irish cold weather treat Dublin coddle recipe". Irishcentral.com. 24 April 2017. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
- ^ "From Bacon and Cabbage to Coddle: What is Ireland's national dish?". Independent.ie. 17 March 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
- ^ O'Connor, Derek (21 September 2008). "Food that Only The Irish Eat (Apparently)". Sunday Tribune. Sunday Tribune. Archived from the original on 21 April 2009 – via Wayback Machine.
- ^ Veronica Jane O'Mara & Fionnuala O'Reilly. (1993). A Trifle, a Coddle, a Fry: An Irish Literary Cookbook. Wakefield: Moyer Bell. ISBN 1-55921-081-8.
- ^ Hickey, Margaret (2018). Ireland's green larder : the definitive history of Irish food and drink ([Paperback edition] ed.). London: Unbound. pp. 118–119. ISBN 978-1-78352-799-1. OCLC 1085196202.
