1-1/2 lb beef stew meat, cut up into 1 inch cubes 1 lb. brown mushrooms, cleaned and quartered 1 large onion chopped 2 cloves garlic, chopped 12 oz. bottle Guinness stout 1 cup beef stock 2 Tbs. tomato paste 1 Tbs. flour ½ tsp. dried thyme 1 bay leaf 2 Tbs. Worcestershire Sauce 5 Tbs. Read More …
Boxty is a traditional Irish potato-flour flatbread which I had never heard of until I had dinner a few weeks ago in an Irish pub in Calgary. The pub used boxty as a starch wrapper, like a pita or tortilla, around fillings, such as a beef and mushroom stew. Here is an adaptation of a Read More …
The Wall St. Journal had an excellent article on Irish Brown Bread for St. Patrick’s Day, and I made it for Easter morning breakfast. This recipe makes a very good whole grain bread. It is a lot like a less sweet bran muffin. The only drawback is that since the dough is very wet (more Read More …
We really should use beer more as an ingredient in cooking, especially full flavored beers like Guinness stout. This excellent variation on Shepherd’s Pie uses Guinness and is adapted from a cookbook I bought in Heathrow Airport at few years ago, Gordon Ramsey’s Great British Pub Food. Makes 8 servings 2 Tbs. olive oil 2 Read More …