Irish Lamb or Beef Stew

susan's Note:

Although I usually reserve making this in the winter months, we love this anytime. Easy and a good comfort food.

• Total Time: 2 hrs 30 mins
• Prep Time: 30 mins
• Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients:

Yield: 2.5 Quarts

• 1 cup Burgundy wine or 1 cup dry red wine
• 1 garlic clove , minced
• 2 bay leaves
• 1 teaspoon salt
• ½ teaspoon pepper
• ¼ teaspoon dried whole thyme
• 3 lbs lamb (can substitute lean beef for stewing)
• ¼ cup olive oil
• 2 (10 ounce) cans beef broth , undiluted
• 6 carrots , cut into 2-inch, slices
• 12 small boiling onions
• 6 medium potatoes , peeled and halved

Directions:

1. Combine first 6 ingredients.
2. Pour over meat in a shallow dish.
3. Cover and refrigerate for at least 6-8 hours.
4. Drain meat, reserving marinade.
5. Discard bay leaves.
6. Heat oil in a Dutch oven over medium heat; brown meat in oil.
7. Add consomme and reserved marinade; bring to a boil.
8. Cover, reduce heat, and simmer 1 1/2 hours.
9. Add carrots, onions, and potatoes; cover and cook another 30 minutes.

Reviews

[TinTN]

Made this for dinner last night. It was fantastic. I used beef instead of lamb and the marinade gave it a wonderful flavor. Very easy to make and so tasty too.

[Teddy's Mommy]

YUM! It's really cold today and I was so happy to have this wonderful & warming dish for dinner this evening. I only had 1.3 lbs of beef stew meat (I couldn't find lamb) so I halved all of the other ingredients. DB likes his stew thick so I did what Wildflour did to thicken it but.. it was more like 1 TBSP. YUMM DB asked me to make a huge batch and freeze it.

[Wildflour]

I'm under the weather right now, so my hubby is rating this for you! :) He says.."REALLY, really good...and when can you make this again?!" :) He's extrememly picky, so when he says it's that good, believe me...IT IS!!!! :) I only subbed Ocean Spray Cran-Grape juice for the wine, and thickened it at the end with 2 Tbl. cornstarch mixed with 2 Tbl. cold water. And that was just a personal preferance. Oh, and I did cut up the veggies just a bit, that too was just a pref, though. (And I did use lamb, and he said it was WONDERFUL!!!!) Thanks so much for such a great (and easy to make!) recipe!! :) :)