Irish Stew

Ingredients

• 2 lb. of loin of mutton
• about 1 lb. of small onions
• a large quantity of potatoes
• moisten to height with cold water

Method

1. 1

   Cut the mutton into thick chops and cut off the square ends of the bones.

2. 2

   Peel and slice the potatoes and onions.

3. 3

   Layer the chops and vegetables in a large iron saucepan, moisten with cold water, and set on the fire until boiling.

4. 4

   Move to the side and simmer gently for two hours.

5. 5

   When the meat is tender, remove it and arrange the potatoes in the center, garnishing with whole boiled potatoes and button-mushrooms.

6. 6

   Serve very hot.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The encyclopaedia of practical cookery (1892) by Theodore Francis Garrett, William A. Rawson, page 143. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

2|lb. of loin of mutton into thick chops, and cut off the square ends of the bones. Peel a large quantity of potatoes and cut them into slices, also peel about lib. of small onions. Put the chops and vegetables in layers in a large iron saucepan, moisten to height with cold water, set the saucepan on the fire until the liquor begins to boil, Fig. 972. Irish Stew

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