Irish Stew

Ingredients

• 1 pound middle neck mutton
• 2 pounds potatoes
• 4 onions
• 1 tablespoon Crisco
• bunch of herbs
• pepper
• salt
• 1 tablespoon flour
• 1 teaspoon chopped parsley
• cold water

Method

1. 1

   Put Crisco into saucepan with mutton cut into small pieces.

2. 2

   Peel and quarter onions, add to saucepan with herbs and cover with cold water.

3. 3

   Peel potatoes, lay over meat, sprinkle with salt and pepper, bring to boil.

4. 4

   Add flour and simmer gently for 2 hours.

5. 5

   Season to taste, dish up meat with potatoes and onions, pour gravy over and sprinkle with parsley.

As published

This recipe was extracted from A calendar of dinners, with 615 recipes (1913) by Marion Harris Neil, page 85. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Irish Stew—1 pound middle neck mutton, 2 pounds potatoes, 4 onions, 1 tablespoon Crisco, bunch of herbs, pepper and salt, 1 tablespoon flour. 1 teaspoon chopped parsley, and cold water

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