Irish Stew

��� Excerpt from: A Vegetarian Cooks� Book, The Green Cutting Board Press, 2004

 

Ingredients

 

1large potato peeled and cut into large chunks

3carrots peeled and chunked

1medium turnip peeled and cut into large pieces

2small onions peeled and cut in half

8-10Brussels sprouts

4 -5medium florets cauliflower whole

4 �5large button mushrooms sliced

3Cups cold water

3Tbls flour

1vegetable bullion cube

2Tbls vegetable oil

1 Tbls soy spread

sage

thyme

rosemary

sea salt

white pepper

1 jigger Irish (of course) whiskey

 

Preparation

 

In a medium stew pot start 3 cups of cold water to boil, add the bullion cube, potato, carrot and turnip.

 

Heat 1 Tbls of the oil and 1Tbls soy spread in a saut� pan, brown the onion and Brussels sprouts until golden. Remove the saut�ed vegetables and set aside. Add 2 Tbls of flour to pan and stir constantly until medium brown add 1/2 Cup of cold water and bring back to boil. Add the saut�ed vegetables and gravy to the stew pot and get out the whiskey�

 

Start the sage, thyme and rosemary to saut� in 1 Tbls of oil, crush with a wooden spoon to release the flavors and add the mushrooms. After about 2 minutes add the remaining Tbls of flour and brown and bring to a golden brown while stirring. Add the Irish whiskey, if there�s any left and reduce by 1/2.

 

Combine the mushroom gravy to the stew pot and mix gently, you want not to break up the large pieces of vegetable. Cook on extremely low heat for 1 hour covered. Salt and pepper to taste.

 

Serves 4

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