Darina Allen: Three classic recipes for supper in the Irish kitchen

"I don’t hanker after an expensive Prada handbag or a pair of Gucci shoes; For me to sit down to a plate of food where everything on the plate comes from the farm, gardens or local area is luxury indeed. How blessed am I."

Three Darina-selected recipes.

Yesterday evening, just as I was about to tuck into supper, I had a moment. Suddenly I thought of the incredible amount of work that actually went into growing and rearing the produce on my plate, not to mention cooking it.

Silently, I gave thanks for my nephew, Darren, who had put so much work into rearing the free-range heritage pigs on his farm at Ballymaloe House.