Jamie Magazine
By Andy Harris
Irish stew
1 hr 55 mins
Not Too Tricky
serves 4
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Ingredients
50g butter
8 lamb chump chops
3 onions
2 carrots
2 large potatoes
6 sprigs of fresh thyme
3 fresh bay leaves
150g pearl barley
Method
- Preheat the oven to 180ºC/gas 4.
- Heat the butter in a large frying pan over a medium heat and brown the lamb chops, then remove to a plate.
- Peel and finely slice the onions and carrots, then add to the pan and soften for 5 minutes. Transfer to a bowl.
- Add a wineglass of water and deglaze the pan for 5 minutes.
- Peel and slice the potato, then spread half in a layer in a large casserole dish and season well.
- Add a layer of onion and carrot, the lamb chops, thyme and bay leaves, then season again.
- Add the remaining onion and carrot and sprinkle the pearl barley on top. Layer over the remaining potato, the deglazed liquid and 500ml of water.
- Cover and bake for 1 hour 30 minutes, or until the meat is tender and the potato starts to crisp up, then serve.
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