Classic Irish stew
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Serves 6
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Prep: 20 mins
Cook: 40 mins
plus 2 hours 30 minutes to make the stock
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Celebrate St Patrick's Day with Richard Corrigan's Irish stew - it's big on flavour, even bigger if you make it ahead and quite literally, let it stew...
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Ingredients
Nutrition
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3 middle necks of lamb
(about 1.8kg/4lb), filleted and boned - you need to end up with about 950g/2lb 2oz pure meat
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650g floury potatoes
such as King Edward
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650g waxy potato
such as Desirée or Pentland Javelin
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1kg carrots
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2 onions
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½ tsp fresh thyme
leaves
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chopped fresh chives
and parsley, to garnish
For the stock
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bones from the lamb
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1 large carrot
quartered
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1 onion
quartered
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½ celery
stick, quartered
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1 bay leaf
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2 large sprigs of thyme
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a generous sprig of parsley
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6 black peppercorns
lightly crushed
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Nutrition: per serving
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kcal524
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fat23g
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saturates11g
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carbs45g
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sugars0g
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fibre6g
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protein37g
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salt1.09g
low
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Method
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step 1
Make the stock. Put the lamb bones in a large heavy-based saucepan with the carrot, onion, celery, herbs, peppercorns and 1 tsp salt. Pour in 3 litres/5 ¼ pints water. Bring to the boil and simmer uncovered for 2 hours.
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step 2
Strain the stock through a fine sieve to remove bones and vegetables, then return to the pan. Boil until reduced to about 1.3 litres/2 ¼ pints. (You can make the stock the day before – keep it in a covered container in the fridge, or freeze it for up to 3 months.)
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step 3
Make the stew. Cut the lamb into large chunks. Peel the potatoes (keeping both types separate) and cut into pieces of similar size to the meat. Put the two different types in separate bowls of water to keep them white. Peel the carrots and cut into slightly smaller pieces. Slice the onions into thick rings.
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step 4
Put the lamb in a large, clean saucepan. Pour in the stock and bring to the boil, skimming off all the impurities from the surface. Reduce the heat, cover and simmer gently for 10 minutes.
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step 5
Add the floury potatoes, carrots and onions. Season generously and simmer for a further 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
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step 6
Add the waxy potatoes and thyme. Simmer until the lamb is tender (15-20 minutes). Take off the heat, cover (don’t stir) and leave for 15 minutes. (You can make this up to 2 days ahead and keep in the fridge). Garnish and serve.
Recipe from Good Food magazine, March 2003
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