Irish Lamb Stew

While searching for Irish recipes for St. Patrick's day, beef or lamb stew kept coming up. I didn't like any recipe in it's entirety so I came up with my own and it was delicious!

What I had:

• 2 tbsp butter
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 2 bay leaves
• 2.25 lbs butterflied lamb leg (use any cut you like), cut into bite sized pieces
• 2 medium onions, diced
• 5 medium carrots, cut into 1 inch rounds
• 1 cup chicken broth
• 1 cup red wine
• 1 cup Guinness stout beer
• 20 small white potatoes, cut into halves
• fresh thyme
• salt and pepper to taste

What I did:

• heated the butter and oil on medium heat, with 2 sprigs worth of thyme leaves and the bay leaves, in a soup pot
• added the lamb and browned on high heat, about 5-8 minutes
• removed lamb from pot
• added onions till soft
• added carrots, stirred for 4 minutes
• added lamb back in
• poured the broth, wine and beer in
• added the potatoes
• salt and pepper to taste
• topped with 3 sprigs of thyme
• covered and cooked on low-medium heat for an hour

Enjoyed it immensely! It was delicious, the lamb melted in our mouths.