St Patrick's Day Recipes: Irish Stew
12 March 2019
If you’re looking for something hot and wholesome to tuck into on a dark March evening, this is the ultimate recipe. Irish stew is one of the most satisfying St. Patrick’s Day recipes around - it’s rich, warming and packed with protein and vegetables.
Serve with crusty chunks of fresh bread or a stack of traditional Irish soda farls (the recipe for which you’ll find amongst the rest of our St. Patrick’s Day food ideas), and it will go down a treat with your lads 'n lasses.
- Prep Time: 30 mins
- Cook Time: 2 hours
- Total Time: 2 hours 30 mins
Serves: 4
Category: Soups, Stews & Casseroles,Dinner
Ingredients
- 135g smoked bacon
- 750g lamb for stewing
- 3 good-sized onions
- 180g halved carrot batons
- 520ml beef or lamb stock
- 4 medium sized potatoes
- Large knob of butter
- Couple of sprigs of thyme
- 2 small bay leaves
Method
- Prepare your ingredients. Cut your bacon, lamb, carrots and potatoes into bite size chunks, then thinly slice your onions.
- Preheat your oven to between 150 and 160 degrees celsius, or gas mark 3.
- Heat some of your butter in a frying pan and fry up your bacon chunks until they’re as crispy as you like them.
- Pop the lamb into a casserole dish and put it in the oven until it’s brown. At this point, take it out of the dish and leave it to rest with the bacon.
- Put your carrots, onions, thyme and bay leaves into the dish and roast them in the oven until they’re nice and soft.
- Add the lamb and bacon to the dish with the veg, then add the stock.
- Once the stew is simmering, lay the chunks of potato on top of the mixture.
- Put a lid on the dish and leave it to cook for about 90 minutes. Otherwise, for a delicious dinner to come home to, you can simmer your stew all day in a slow cooker.
When it’s ready to serve, spread a little butter on each potato, then ladle it generously into bowls. Don’t forget to pour out the Guinness for your guests to keep the good times rolling - after all, what better accompaniment for your St. Patrick’s Day food ideas?
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