Irish Stew and Irish Champ

17th March, 2011

For many years we have had corned beef and cabbage as our Irish meal for St. Patrick's Day. Last year, however, the corned beef (the only I had ever found in London) was SO SALTY, that we could barely stand it for one meal.

This year I fixed Irish Stew in the crockpot. So easy!

Stew meat
1 bottle Guinness stout
Chopped celery
Sliced carrots
Sliced parsnip
Sliced onion
Garlic cloves

Cooked all day in the crockpot. The last two hours I added approximately 1/2 cup barley and topped up with some water.

Served it with Irish Champ--Mashed potatoes with chopped green onions in them.

Also, had cooked cabbage.

We really enjoyed it!