Irish stew is a delicious and satisfying dish. At home, he is considered national. This is what Jerome K. Jerome described in his story Three Men in a Boat, Not Counting a Dog. And making it at home is not so difficult.
It is necessary
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- lamb - 1 kg;
- potatoes - 6-7 pcs.;
- onions - 5 pcs.;
- carrots - 3-4 pcs.;
- celery;
- cabbage - 0.5 kg;
- vegetable oil - 2 tablespoons;
- salt
- pepper to taste.
Instructions
Step 1
On the Internet, you can find quite a few ways to prepare this dish, but not all recipes would be approved by the Irish, because by tradition, the stew includes lamb, potatoes and onions. To prepare the dish the way it was prepared more than a century ago, cut lamb and potatoes into fairly large pieces. Pepper the meat, and then put in a container, alternating with potatoes so that the top layer is vegetable. You can add onions to potatoes. It should be noted that the original recipe used a pot. Pour cold water over the ingredients, bring to a boil and salt. Then simmer over low heat for about two hours. Serve hot!
Step 2
There is another way of cooking, modern but no less Irish. Cut the lamb into small pieces, the potatoes a little smaller, and the onions into rings. Place all food in layers in a saucepan, add salt, pepper, thyme and bay leaf. Pour the broth and beer mixture over the contents of a saucepan. Simmer over low heat for about an hour.
Step 3
There is another very unusual recipe for making Irish stew. Pour the lamb with cold water, bring to a boil and then cool. Add vegetable oil to the cooking container, put one part of chopped onions and potatoes, garlic, seasonings there and simmer under the lid for about five minutes. Add meat and broth and simmer for another half hour. Then add the carrots, the rest of the potatoes, celery and cabbage. It is important to add these ingredients at intervals of 10 minutes. Now serve.
Step 4
Irish stew recipes can often be found with some modifications. For example, onions and carrots are lightly fried in vegetable oil before stewing, and sometimes flour is added to thicken the stew. In any case, the dish turns out to be tasty and aromatic.
