Doolin Craft Beer and Roots Festival 2015

Now in its third year, The newly re-christened "Doolin Craft Beer and Roots Festival" is only getting bigger and better. This year it boasted over 20 craft breweries and to compliment the beer, a live band every hour and not to mention the food! Oh god, the smell was amazing. This is the first year I heard about the festival, let alone any festival like this held in Co. Clare. Being a Clare man, it seemed only natural to drag the girlfriend Aisling aka Pale Girl and meet up with one of my best friends to make it a weekend worth remembering.

Chilli Dog

Preparation: 10 minutes

Cooking Time: 10 minutes

This is the ULTIMATE leftovers dish. From fridge to table in just 15 to 20 minutes and can be prepared just as easily in the kitchen or on a BBQ. The main ingredients being a leftover pot of Chilli, and your favorite dog, or sausage. For the authentic "dog" taste i would recommend a good sized German style sausage (but not cheap frankfurters). Alternatively a nice steak and black pepper sausage from your local butchers would be absolutely amazing. This works perfectly well with a nice freshly made chilli, but is ten times better if it a day or two old.

Habanero Corn Salsa

Preparation: 5 minutes

Cooking Time: 15 minutes

If you don't know it by now, I love spicy food. This salsa is super sweet, spicy, fresh and it makes the perfect dip. Once you put this on the table it will be gone in a matter of seconds, so make sure you have have enough ingredients for a couple of batches! The habanaro chilli is EXTRA SPICY but it has an unmistakable flavor that makes this salsa wonderful, but be warned, it's your decision to go seeds in or seeds out!!