Greenmount 4-10Scoil Padre Pio 0-4

IT’S a wet and miserable night and the wind is whipping around Kinvara in Dublin Hill, Cork, as Sinn Féin general election candidate Jonathan O’Brien and his team of about 10 canvassers trek around the sprawling estate knocking on doors and depositing leaflets.

This is a recipe given to The Strawberry Tree by the wonderful Shirley Spear. Shirley runs the acclaimed Three Chimneys Restaurant on a remote corner of The Isle of Skye off Scotland. Here is a fabulous winter pudding to warm you whether in Ireland or Scotland.