A super simple recipe for a delicious Irish Stew from my Grandmother

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Irish Stew Recipe

A very basic, but utterly delicious Irish Stew recipe my grandmother wrote up for me. Perfect on cold winters days, especially when served with bits of fresh crusty bread.

Note that this is pretty much types verbatim from the hand written copy she gave me, so if there are any issues let me know and I'll clarify them.

Ingredients

• 1/2kg Diced Stewing Steak
• Potatoes
• Swede
• Turnip
• Carrot
• Onion
• Celery
• Parsnip

Procedure

Put steak into saucepan with diced onion. Sprinkle with plain flour and cover with water. Bring to boil then add diced vegies. Any vegies can be used, as many or as few as you like. Note: Don't put potatoes in until an hour before using. Cut the potatoes only in half.

If needed, Thicken with Gravox at the end of cooking. Watch because it will stick once the thickening is there.

Serve with a green vegetable of some sort.

Cook for about 2-2 1/2 hours on low once it has come to the boil.

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I'm trying this tonight! I added a couple of bay leaves and a splash of red wine in place of a stout which would probably be more traditional.

I'll finally be cooking a big batch of this this tonight, I believe.

This is the red wine casserole I made last night:

1. Cut ~500g of casserole beef into chunks and lightly coat in flour/salt/pepper.
2. Saute 2 onions, diced, with a clove of garlic in some butter. Include sliced celery if you wish.
3. Add beef and lightly braise (~5 mins).
4. Cover in ~1 cup red wine and simmer for 10 mins.
5. Add some chunked vegetables—carrots, potatoes, or whatever you wish—and almost cover with ~2 cups water. Cover and simmer for ~45 mins.
6. Take off heat and stir in some gravy powder to thicken.

way to go guys ... busting stereotypes one casserole at a time!