How to Prepare Yummy Irish Stew & Irish Soda Bread

Irish Stew & Irish Soda Bread. Serving: Serve with good crusty bread - can use ketchup on it, etc. Season beef with salt and pepper, then add to pot and. Add beef back to Dutch oven, then add potatoes,.

Add lamb pieces and cook, stirring gently, until. The ingredients for Irish stew are layered in a heavy pot and slow-cooked in the oven, allowing the lamb and potatoes to tenderize and the flavors to deepen and meld. The best part is that you can walk away from the simmering pot and return two hours later to a mouthwatering meal. You can cook Irish Stew & Irish Soda Bread using 22 ingredients and 15 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Irish Stew & Irish Soda Bread

1. You need For of Stew.
2. Prepare 250 gms of mutton from shoulders.
3. Prepare 2 of large potatoes.
4. It's 1 of large carrot.
5. Prepare 1 of large onion.
6. Prepare 2 of celery sticks.
7. It's 1 ltr of meat stock.
8. You need as needed of Black pepper powder.
9. You need 1 Tbsp of white flour.
10. It's 1/2 tsp of dry thyme (you can use fresh too).
11. You need 1 of bay leaf.
12. You need as per taste of Salt.
13. Prepare 1 Tbsp of oil.
14. You need For of lrish Soda Bread.
15. It's 1.75 cups of whole wheat flour.
16. Prepare 1.75 cups of All-purpose flour.
17. Prepare 2 Tbsp of cold butter.
18. It's 1 tsp of baking soda.
19. You need 1 tsp of salt.
20. You need 1.5 cups of buttermilk.
21. It's 1 of egg.
22. Prepare 1 tsp of oats.

Irish Beef Stew Rich and hearty, this stew is my husband's favorite. Served with crusty bread, it's an ideal cool-weather meal and perfect for any Irish holiday. The exact ingredients in an Irish stew can vary, but a classic recipe will usually include lamb or mutton, potatoes, onions and carrots. Some recipes add leeks, barley or will swap out the lamb for beef.

Irish Stew & Irish Soda Bread step by step

1. For Irish Stew - smear the mutton pieces with all-purpose flour and set aside 10 mins..
2. In a large pan bring it to heat and add oil, add smeared mutton pieces and fry on low heat for 15 mins. Set aside..
3. In the same pan add the peeled and roughly cut potatoes, roughly cut onions, roughly cut carrots. Stir and add chopped celery sticks, and add the stock..
4. Keep it on low flame and add dry thyme, bay leaf, salt and black pepper and cook covered for 60 mins. Set aside. Stew is ready..
5. For Irish Soda Bread - in a big bowl add all-purpose flour, whole wheat flour, salt and baking soda. Mix..
6. Add cold butter and mix so that the flour crumbles..
7. In a big jar add buttermilk, egg and whisk well. Add 3/4 of this mix to the flour and mix well.
8. No kneading is required for this bread and no yeast at all..
9. Pre heat the oven. In my case it was a karai for 30 mins..
10. Sprinkle flour on kitchen top and bring the dough to the flour. Smear with buttermilk wash. The sides should be 1.5” thick..
11. As Irish legend goes the bread needs to be blessed so make a cross sign with a knife. Make four small holes on four sides as fairies have to be released.
12. Add oats on all the bread dough. Put in a Baking plate which is greased and floured too..
13. Place on the Pre heated oven or in my case karai and on medium heat cook until brown in colour. Approx 30 mins.
14. Insert a toothpick to see the doneness. Set aside the bread. Tap the bottom to see whether it’s done. If there is a hollow sound, it’s down..
15. Plate and slice. Enjoy with the stew.

Regardless of the exact combination, this hearty stew is a real crowd-pleaser. How to Make Irish Guinness Stew Traditionally, Guinness Stew is made with lamb. But in many parts of the world including here in Australia and North America, Guinness Stew is more commonly made with beef. I hope the Irish aren't offended! I've made it with lamb and to be honest, I do prefer it with beef.