4 sherry recipes for special occasions

* Chicken stew with sherry and tomato

I am hazarding a guess that there is an illicit bottle of sherry standing in a cupboard in many Irish households, left there from a Christmas long past or a gift that was not quite appreciated.

The old-fashioned reputation of sherry as “Granny’s tipple” is being erased and replaced with images of sleek restaurant interiors and serving bowls of smoked almonds and green olives.