Irish TV chef Rachel Allen's Icelandic heritage
Rachel Allen is one of Britain's best known TV chefs.
Only a few years ago Icelanders discovered that Ireland's most famous television chef Rachel Allen is half Icelandic.
Allen is the author of six bestselling cookery books, which include Rachel's Favourite Food at Home, Bake and Home Cooking. Her extremely popular television series for RTE and the BBC have been broadcast internationally and she frequently appears on BBC's Saturday Kitchen.
Her mother, Hallfriður Reichenfled O'Neill is Icelandic, and in Allen's latest book called Recipes From My Mother there are lots of Icelandic influences.
The dessert section includes a recipe for Icelandic kleinur (a sort of twisted doughnut), and Icelandic pancakes. The breakfast section includes a recipe for Icelandic skyr.
