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Darina Allen

Learn how to cook with Darina's top recipes

Darina Allen: How to make the perfect Danish open sandwiches

Darina Allen: How to make the perfect Danish open sandwiches

Revive a Danish sandwich tradition with these delicious recipes

Sun, 24 Jul, 2022

Darina Allen: My foodie trip to Copenhagen — and the summer strawberry cake that has everything

Darina Allen: My foodie trip to Copenhagen — and the summer strawberry cake that has everything

Darina shares a recipe for a stunning Danish cake and chats about her recent trip to Copenhagen which included a visit to NOMA, René Redzepi’s internationally acclaimed restaurant

Sun, 17 Jul, 2022

Darina Allen: A couple who met on a glacier and make Middle Eastern food in Waterford

Darina Allen: A couple who met on a glacier and make Middle Eastern food in Waterford

Dvir Nusery and Nicola Crowley are creating plates of deliciousness at Mezze

Sun, 10 Jul, 2022

Darina Allen: Why it's important to Save Our Soils and recipes using seasonal vegetables

Darina Allen: Why it's important to Save Our Soils and recipes using seasonal vegetables

Soil is the biggest ecosystem on our planet and it needs a helping hand

Sat, 02 Jul, 2022

Hand stripped chargrilled chicken, patatas bravas and aoili

Darina Allen: Recipes like these rustic roast potatoes can bring a meal from zero to hero

Super nutritious, cheap, super versatile and so, so tasty — make potatoes your superfood

Sat, 25 Jun, 2022

Breakfast

Darina Allen: How to make the perfect boiled eggs and soldiers

Eggs are incredibly good value for money, just think of what you can do, boil, fry, poach, steam, bake, coddle…

Sun, 19 Jun, 2022

Darina Allen: How to make the best traditional Rarebit with Smoked Haddock

Darina Allen: How to make the best traditional Rarebit with Smoked Haddock

And other delicious recipes from my travels in England

Sat, 28 May, 2022

rubarb crumble

Darina Allen: Roast beef and rhubarb crumble are delicious food classics worth mastering

Follow these tried-and-tested tips to get your Béarnaise Sauce just right

Sat, 21 May, 2022

Darina Allen: Use up every last scrap of food in these tasty recipes

Darina Allen: Use up every last scrap of food in these tasty recipes

From Irish strawberries and rhubarb to mussels and potato gratin, it's possible to have a feast while keeping the air miles down at the same time

Sat, 14 May, 2022

Darina Allen: Modern ways to cook traditional tripe and other sweetbreads

Darina Allen: Modern ways to cook traditional tripe and other sweetbreads

And why lambs' liver really needs to be just 'shown to the pan'

Sat, 07 May, 2022