Nash 19 ★ 4.3
Cork's most storied brunch destination - Clare Nash has been feeding Cork's Saturday morning crowd from Princes Street since 1993. The full Irish breakfast.
History
Claire Nash opened Nash 19 in 1992 on Princes Street, in a Georgian townhouse two doors from the English Market; the cafe's commitment to naming every farm and producer on the menu set the template for Cork's farm-to-table generation that followed. The open sandwich, served on Arbutus sourdough with a daily-rotating selection of toppings (Gubbeen smoked cheese, Frank Hederman smoked salmon, Tom Durcan spiced beef), became the lunchtime signature. Nash 19 won the Best Cafe in Ireland at the McKenna's Guides Irish Food Awards across multiple years from 2014 onward and was an early member of the Slow Food Cork convivium.
Make it at home
Ingredients
- 4 thick slices brown soda bread or sourdough
- 200g cold-smoked Irish salmon (Frank Hederman or similar)
- 150g whipped cream cheese
- 1 tbsp creamed horseradish
- 1 tbsp finely chopped chives
- 1 lemon, zest and juice
- 1 small cucumber, very thinly sliced
- 2 tbsp salted capers, rinsed
- 1 small red onion, thinly sliced
- Mixed leaves, to serve
- Cracked black pepper, sea salt
- Cork salted butter, for the bread
Method
- Toast the bread lightly under a grill until just starting to colour on the edges. Spread with a thin layer of butter.
- Combine cream cheese with horseradish, chives, lemon zest, and a squeeze of lemon juice. Season.
- Spread the cream cheese on the toast in a thick layer to the edges.
- Drape ribbons of smoked salmon loosely on top, leaving plenty of texture.
- Tuck thin cucumber slices and red onion under the salmon ribbons.
- Scatter capers and a few twists of black pepper. Drop a small pile of dressed leaves on the corner of each plate.
- Finish with another small squeeze of lemon. Serve immediately while the toast is still warm.
Tip from the editors. Slice the cucumber on a mandoline; the slices must be paper thin to keep the sandwich an open one rather than a flatbread.
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