Guinness recipes
From chocolate cakes to Irish stews, discover our very best Guinness recipes! You might just be surprised at the variety of sweet and savoury dishes that this dark Irish stout can be added to.
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Savoury bread recipes
Guinness soda bread
This recipe for Guinness soda bread doesn't require yeast so there's no kneading or proving involved and only takes10 minutes to prepare before baking.
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Venison recipes
Venison and stout pot pies
Slow-cooked venison, cooked with stout beer and redcurrant jelly, is spooned into pie dishes and topped with a puff pastry lid before baking.
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Savoury bread recipes
Guinness and treacle soda bread
Sweet, moreish and perfect for sharing. Try Liam Finnegan's recipe for mini Guinness and treacle soda bread loaves - a great way to serve a crowd.
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Soup recipes
Irish onion soup
A rich and buttery onion soup topped with crispy blue cheese toasts makes this a heavenly vegetarian lunch dish for colder days.
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Slow cook recipes
Oxtail braised in Guinness
Oxtail is slow-cooked in Guinness and good-quality beef stock until the meat becomes melt-in-the-mouth and the sauce turns dark, rich and gravy-like.
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Alternative barbecue recipes
Sticky stout glazed salt beef with chimichurri
You'll want to fire up the grill after reading this recipe; stout glazed salt beef with a chimichurri sauce is the barbecue dream.
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Chocolate cake recipes
Chocolate porter cake
This decadent chocolate porter cake is made with chocolate, a decent splash of porter and is topped off with a dreamy cream cheese frosting.
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Boozy bakes and adult puds
James Martin’s stout and dark chocolate cake with cream cheese frosting
James Martin's chocolate cake recipe, taken from his Sweet cookbook, is made with stout and filled with a creamy frosting
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Guinness recipes
Drunken caterpillar chilli con carne
This 'caterpillar' chilli recipe uses pig cheek as well as beef shin and beef mince making this Mexican-inspired dish extra hearty.
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Guinness recipes
Slow-roast beef with a pepper and rosemary crust and onions
Here, beef is coated in a rosemary crust and slow-roasted until tender. Serve with the sticky onions and a gravy made from the beef's juices.
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Welsh recipes
Healthier Welsh rarebit
Our healthier version of this classic cheese toastie has all of the gooey, cheesy, savoury moreishness, with less fat and calories.
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Jelly recipes
Black velvet and cream jelly
Impress your dinner guests with this simple, grown-up black velvet jelly recipe which uses a splash of Guinness for that lovely rich colour.
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Irish recipes
Sausage and Guinness toad in the hole
This toad in the hole recipe is made extra special with the addition of onions, black pudding and a splash of Guinness in the batter.
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St Patrick's Day recipes
Chocolate Guinness cake
Celebrate St Patrick's day or birthday with a chocolate Guinness cake. This recipe mixes rich dark chocolate with smooth velvety guinness.
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Irish recipes
Beef stew with dumplings
A pressure cooker makes light work of this rich hearty beef stew with dumplings - the perfect midweek meal or Sunday lunch!
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