Tasty Tuesday Issue 1 Irish stew becomes …

 

 

 

 

My goal with tasty Tuesday is to bless you all. I am going to go week to week sharing recipes that are not too complicated and are kid approved. My kids are excited about this too because I will be experimenting in the kitchen more and they like that they get a say what gets put on this page!!

 

 

 

 

Irish Stew

If my mum in law reads this.. This is as close as your Yank daughter can get. Yours and Granny’s is much better.. and i am telling the truth! Come over and school me soon!!

 

Ingredients

 

2 lbs mince meat or cubed lamb

1 medium onion chopped

3-4 carrots cut into circles (sorry don’t know the proper term)

3 parsnips cut into circles and chopped

1 small turnip sliced (optional..I just like turnip 🙂 )

(you can get the vegetables in a “stew pack” for convenience. sometimes they have extra herbs in there.. waste not want not.. chop them up and add them in.)

12-14 potatoes scrubbed and chopped.. put aside in a different pot (my husband is from ireland so he likes his potatoes.. we boil them all half for dinner tonight & half we mash for the left over conversion)

1 pkg beef gravy mix (we use Bisto which is what they use in Ireland I use that for my honey’s sake, but American brands work well as well)

1 dark beer (optional.. don’t substitute with a light beer, but you can substitute with red wine or even the equivalent oz in water.. just loses the irish mood but is yummy)

1 cup ½ water which you have mixed your gravy in.. other wise if you add the mix directly to the stew.. you get globby lumps.

Olive oil to “wet your stew pot”

Salt

Pepper

2 large stew pots..

 

 

1. if you are doing mince (ground beef) fry that up first. When it is done I rinse out my meat in a colander . otherwise this will turn out to greasy. If you are using lamb start with step 2 and then add the meat.

2 heat up olive oil til it spits. Add onions and let them brown.

 

3. once meat is fully browned add your vegetable minus potatoes start those boiling to the side

 

4. add your liquids

 

5 salt and pepper to taste

 

6. bring mix to boil and then lower temp to simmer and cover.

7 let it simmer for about an hour. Stirring every once in a while .

8 serve with boiled potatoes, salt pepper and a bit of butter.

 

 

Now, for the convertible left over recipe

 

Shepherd’s pie

 

 

8×8 pan

1 – 2 c cheddar cheese

1 can corn

2 -3 handful frozen peas

butter

 

1. fill the bottom of the pan with irish stew..
2. top with the (drained) corn and peas
3. I like cheddar cheese.. but that is optional
4. top with your mashed potatoes you made with the extra potatos
5. I like to add a few pats of butter to the top
6. put in the fridge to heat up tomorrow in the oven
7. next day you have no mess to clean up, just put in the oven 375 for about 40 minutes… and a no fuss meal is here.

 

My family loves both incarnations of this meal. I hope that this blesses you as it blesses them.