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Irish Lamb Stew

Irish Lamb Stew

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Get in the St. Patrick's Day spirit with this traditional Irish Lamb Stew recipe!
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Course Main Course
Cuisine Irish

Ingredients
  

  • Lamb.
  • Carrot.
  • Celery.
  • Leeks.
  • Onion.
  • Baby potatoes.
  • Bay leaves.
  • Rosemary.
  • Beef Stock Cube.
  • 2 can Guinness Stout or extra stout.
  • Salt
  • Black pepper.
  • Flour.
  • Perejil.

Instructions
 

  • Cut the lamb into medium/large pieces.
    Lamb.
    Cut lamb
  • Cut the vegetables into medium/large pieces.
    Carrot., Celery., Onion., Leeks.
    Cut carrot
  • Snap the potatoes with a small knife. This way the potatoes absorb more broth and more flavor and will release more starch helping the sauce to thicken and take on a better texture.
    Baby potatoes.
    Snap potatoes
  • Salt and pepper the meat and flour it.
    Salt, Flour., Black pepper.
    Flour lamb
  • Sauté the vegetables for a couple of minutes.
    Saute vegetables
  • Add the beef, a beef cube and cook a couple of minutes.
    Beef Stock Cube.
    Add lamb
  • Add the beer, bay leaf and a sprig of rosemary.
    Bay leaves., 2 can Guinness Stout or extra stout., Rosemary.
    Add beer
  • Cook for 90/120 minutes over very low heat. During cooking check that the sauce does not reduce too much, maybe because the heat was too high.
    Cook lamb 2.5 hours
  • Add the potatoes and cook 30/40 more minutes until they are done and the sauce is reduced to a good point.
    Add potatoes
  • Enjoy!
    Irish Lamb Stew

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Notes

You can garnish with parsley.