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Irish Stew

Name: Irish Stew
Total time: 150 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Ireland
Ingredients: 800g Lamb; 800g Potato; 2 Onion; 2 Carrot; A pinch Thyme; To taste Parsley; 2 tsp Salt; A pinch Black Pepper; 1L Water

Main Dish

⏱ 150 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

Lamb simmered simply with potatoes, onion, and carrot — Ireland's national home dish.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Irish stew is a humble stew based on lamb, potatoes, and onion, considered Ireland's national dish. It was once made by sheep-farming families from whatever was at hand, and its hallmark is the natural thickening as some of the potatoes break down. Every household's recipe is a little different.

🌆 Where it's eaten: On a rainy winter evening in a stone farmhouse kitchen, a big pot of stew bubbles and the family dips bread into it by the fire.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Lamb 800g
Potato 800g
Onion 2
Carrot 2
Thyme A pinch
Parsley To taste
Salt 2 tsp
Black Pepper A pinch
Water 1L

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Cut the lamb into large bite-sized pieces and season with salt and pepper.
Slice half the potatoes thinly and cut the rest into large pieces. Cut the onion into wedges and slice the carrot into rounds.
Layer the sliced potatoes, lamb, onion, and carrot in a pot and top with thyme.
Add water, bring to a boil, skim, cover, and simmer on low for 1 hour.
Add the large potato pieces and simmer 40 more minutes (the sliced potatoes melt to thicken it).
Season with salt and scatter with chopped parsley.

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