What is better to celebrate St. Patrick's Day than with a hearty bowl of Irish Stew, Irish soda bread, and Irish beer?
I make my Irish stew with lamb, ensuring the fat is trimmed off. If you do not have lamb available, you can certainly use beef. I do make my own stocks because it is so easy, cheap, and I control the salt. They also freeze well. Lamb stock is easy to make if you have a bone leftover from a leg that has been roasted. The recipe uses the same fundamentals as a beef stock. Once I roast a bone-in lamb, I will make stock and share the basic premise behind it. Until then, enjoy St Patty's Day!
I make my Irish stew with lamb, ensuring the fat is trimmed off. If you do not have lamb available, you can certainly use beef. I do make my own stocks because it is so easy, cheap, and I control the salt. They also freeze well. Lamb stock is easy to make if you have a bone leftover from a leg that has been roasted. The recipe uses the same fundamentals as a beef stock. Once I roast a bone-in lamb, I will make stock and share the basic premise behind it. Until then, enjoy St Patty's Day!
Irish Stew
Serves 6
Serves 6
1 boneless leg of lamb
4 c lamb or beef stock
4 sprigs fresh rosemary
4 sprigs fresh thyme
3 bay leaves
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper
2 T tomato paste
3 cloves garlic, whole
6 potatoes, peeled and chopped
4 carrots, peeled and chopped
1 large sweet potato, peeled and chopped
1 c peas
Trim fat off lamb and cut into 1" cubes, or bite sized pieces. Place in crockpot.* Pour stock overtop, and add rosemary, thyme, garlic, bay, salt and pepper and tomato paste. Mix together, cover with lid and turn on low heat for 6-8 hours.
Approximately an hour and a half before serving, add potatoes, carrots and sweet potato. Add peas at the last minute.
Ladle into bowls and serve with Irish soda bread.
* If you do not have a crockpot, you can brown the lamb in oil in a large pot, adding the stock and herbs, garlic and paste. Place in the oven on 300 degrees F to slow cook, and follow the rest of the recipe.
| Calories (kcal) | 560.8 | ||
| Fat (g) | 18.6 | ||
| Protein (g) | 38.9 | ||
| Carbohydrate (g) | 58.9 | ||
| Sugar (g) | 6.1 | ||
| Fibre (g) | 7.1 |
1 comment:
How exciting Shan, well done the blog looks very professional. A bit hot here for irish stew at the moment, but will give it a try when the weather cools down. xxx
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