Fast Irish Stew

Irish stew is traditionally made with tough cuts of lamb or mutton, simmered for hours to tenderize them. I expedite things by using tender lamb shoulder chops or beef sirloin (or a mix of the two), and use demiglace concentrate so the stew tastes like it’s been bubbling away on the stove for hours. The entire enterprise takes under an hour, but it tastes like the best stews I’ve enjoyed in country pubs in Ireland. There the stew is never served without a hearty slab of