I'm from Ireland and Gallaghers is OK to go to for stew or other Irish dishes, but if you are a tourist there are much much cheaper, and better places to go to, my advice is to avoid Templebar completely, it's massively overpriced, go over the bridge to the northside (the Ha'penny Bridge is through an alleyway just off Templebar), and ask a few locals, The Lotts (just over the bridge) is as decent value as you'll get in an otherwise outrageously expensive city!
I'll keep this in mind for when I visit. Thank you so much for sharing! I hope to reconnect to my Irish roots--my father is Irish, but I grew up in a different country. I want to be able to know what it was like to live his life as an Irishman, and food is one way of discovering these roots. I appreciate the tip!
If you visit Ireland honestly you can skip Dublin it’s just like any other European capital.. Galway, Cork, and Limerick, and the countryside were much more interesting to me personally
3:05 The dish was made to feed the masses because it was cheap and hearty enough to get the workers through a hard day's labour 3:15 It runs at 22 euros per portion.
I know, right? I chuckled to myself that I could probably feed 4-6 with what he charges one. And where was the salt and pepper, a bay leaf and maybe some thyme? Did the Irish not use herbs and seasonings?
We do exactly the same here in Morocco but without barley inside. We eat this dish with bread too, but dipping bread pieces in the stew! Wonderful how cultures can do the same
Yeah. Weird how cultures all over the world sooner or later stumble over the obvious. "Oh, look! We can just throw together whatever we have on singular ingridiences and put it on a long cook. And it *allways* turns out delicious!". What an achievment ;PPP
It's a very old recipe, I guess it's what replaced pottage, since the Irish still have barley in it, instead of just potato. A kind of food that only taste better if it's allowed to be cooked even more the next day, and even the day after that. (At least with the Norwegian version).
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I've seen a few French dishes containing horse meat and have always been curious about it. I don't know if it's eaten much outside France, but it's frowned on here in the USA. Maybe because of the Cowboy heritage and lots of people raise them for everything other than food.
As a visitor from Bangladesh, we visited Ireland 6 years ago and it was an amazing experience. The people were warm and friendly. We stayed in Dundalk but visited Dublin.
Been to Gallagher Boxty House once, unfortunately like the rest of Temple Bar. They sell a mediocre product, at a high price. It's just a tourist trap, ripping people off! I would advise any tourist coming to Dublin. Go to Temple Bar for one pint then leave and explore the rest of the city. Better pints, better food and alot cheaper.
i have irish blood on my great grands side. i love irish stew ! i remember in the 60s or 70s we used to get TOM PIPER irish stew in tins. cant find it in my country anymore. loved that ! Easter IS APPROACHING. going to make this
One of my favourite dishes, we use to get something similar in high school (with beef instead of lamb, it was a public school so its cheaper 😅) but as i grew older i usually make this in my house with lamb like twice per week, its the best thing ever to eat on a cold winter day.
Middle Eastern cuisine has a lamb stew in which the sauce is tomato based. There are similar dishes that use okra or green beans in the stew. Common in Lebanon and Palestine.
I use to eat this dish in childhood , made by my grandmother , i am from a city in uttar pradesh India . My grandmother always cooks mutton like this , the only difference is that gravy is not thick as there were so many people to feed
It's Dublin fer jasus sake! Anything between 8 to 9.5 euros for a pint of Guinness and It's feckin brewed in the place! Bring yer wallet with plenty of cash, ye will need it! 😂😂😂
@@SirZafiro Lo mires por donde lo mires, pongas los ingredientes que pongas, pero con 22€ es imposible dar de comer a cinco personas. Eso sería echárselo todo crudo, porque la luz, el gas, el agua, sal, aceite y etc, también cuentan. A mí el desayuno en el bar me cuesta 3.50. El menú de día entre 13-15, que con el café sube aún más. Para cenar alguna cosa: hamburguesa, hotdog, media ración de algo, o sea entre 5-10€. Tú calcula y verás.
This dish I had in a random Dublin restaurant was a lifesaver after I had a depressing week with terrible food in London... I still remember it. Might try making it myself
I watched your video this morning and just had to try it. So away I went to the store . Now I’ve tried various versions. But I have to say your recipe is the bomb. Never heard of the barley add ..But I bought a bag and used it. It was amazing and will definitely include. About 2 hrs as stated .. Delish !!! Thank You
Every family in Ireland has their own way of doing stew. Carrots, Onions, spuds and meat are usually the base ingredients. Beef is fine and actually more common - lamb is expensive in Ireland and therefore far less likely to end up in a stew. No-one drinks stout with their dinner unless they're at the pub! And the Irish eat sliced white bread much more often than farmhouse.
I live in the states but I make it with lamb . Have yet to go to Ireland but I'm Irish on my moms side so I enjoy trying the cuisine and trying to make it in traditional ways. I even switched to bacon a few times instead of corned beef and cabbage , but now I make both because corned beef is just so good,
Best way to cook Irish stew is to get hold of an old traditional Irish cookbook and cook from that. Modern may be better, but it is not traditional, and that is the key message here. Traditional or modern Irish stew.
This is a dish that everyone loves in Ireland north and south..there are many variations and each family has it's own way - the lamb with minimal herbs is said to be closer to the original...personally I think beef is best with 1 clove of garlic, sage and black pepper...with brennans or nutty krust white pan bread on the side
Inspired by this video, I made Irish Stew a few days ago. I loved it and will definitely make it again. I know lamb is traditional but given how expensive it is in America at the moment, I'll use stew beef next time.
Why not eat the vegetarian version, like he mentioned? He said to use mushrooms and vegetable broth instead of meat and meat broth. The animals will be very grateful you didn’t needlessly kill them, and your body will be thankful too, because animal flesh isn’t good for it (vegetarians and vegans live around a decade longer than meat eaters)!
Grandmother and Mother made Irish stew with just, Beef, Spuds, Carrots, Parsnip and Onions with lovely thick tasty gravy. But each to their own i suppose. Looks great in video by the way.
I cook goat meat, front leg, ribcage portions, preferably, as meat attached to bones are tender. I use sunflower oil, put little bay leaves, onions cut into pieces, whole cumin seeds, cinnamon, cardamom, clove, whole black peppers. On medium heat, when spices become fragrant, i put meat, saute for 5 minutes add little flour. Then add salt, plus few pieces of tomatoes, again saute and cover for 10 minutes. Add large pieces of potatoes, beetroot, carrots and green papaya. Green papaya makes meat soft. Then add warm water, pressure cook for 30 minutes. All set.
...my late wife was my prep cook when I made 'Irish' Stew, but with beef insteadda lamb...made it the same cast aluminum pot my grandmother got back ca the mid 20s - almost 100 years ago - as a premium for shopping at a particular store in Bridgeport, CT - and in the same way as demonstrated here...
A blogger spoke of Irish Beef Stew that would be bland by American standards but well flavored by the wood fire used to cook it. I want THAT Irish Stew.
This is not traditional Irish stew. The only ingredients in Irish stew is neck of mutton, onion, potato, salt and pepper. Water or stock added and cooked very slowly for several hours.
@@MaxEdge-pf3pp silly comment, countless millions of Irish people care, and would have an issue with it being cooked any other way, Slain Leat a Chara.
Im brazilian bur have tried it in England when was an exchange student, thats just super! We do have a dish here that its really like irish stew, its called “picadinho”
Not only popular in Ireland...lol. I'm from the Netherlands and we love it as well, even have our own version, but the Irish one is more awesome. Since it is with - lamb. Great for stew!
Love an Irish stew. I tend to use boned-out shoulder but cook it with the browned bones in the pot for extra oomph, just fish them out and discard them before serving. Distinctly not traditional but a nice thick slice of black pudding per person added at the same time as the spuds is just lovely or if money for lamb is a bit tight. I get eight big portions for about, oh, twenty two Euros the lot...
This is very similar to a very traditional Norwegian dish called Lapskaus ("lapse-'cause"), almost "national dish" here too. Trying to get google to translate lapskaus into English, just make it say "stew", and I think that's correct. Any Irish Stew is lapskaus, if the stew is something else, another word for stew is used. Here it's the same, only no barley, but turnips instead. Mutton (smoked&salted lamb can be used) and often also some traditional sausage is added. Served with flatbread (or any bread) and butter. An everyday, hearty meal.
@@jamesjameson4566 Hi, thanks for your feedback! And yes, Wikiepedia say's that "scouse" is a short for "lobscouse" and if you go to Norway and ask for lobscouse, they will most likely give you lapskaus. A very filling meal, tasty and something babies, adults or elders all can eat, only adults would prefer some extra pepper and some flatbread with butter, and the babies (and elders with no teeth) prefer it more mashed up, because of the light taste. Also it just turn better the next day or two days after you made it, since the meat turn more tender and everything just mixes nicely. So a great, everyday meal, where it can be made with some potatoes, carrots and cheap hotdog-sausages, or if you want to feed like the whole family, then you just use some quality, smoked/salted lamb and some nice local sausages, with a high meat-content. Norwegian wikipedia say's it's common in Liverpool and the Wirral, spread through port-areas and popular in poor areas, it says. We are close in many things when it come to Norwegian-English history.
I like how he uses barley to thicken it up. He's also right not to use beef. Beef stewing meat is very tough. I prefer to use it for something like goulash instead where tomatoes can cook it down for hours.
Remove the barley and Turks have the same stew. I'd imagine alot of other cuisines as well. Carrot + potato + onion + tough cut meat in a stew is a common meal in many cultures i'd imagine.
Thanks. So many recipes advise lamb stock, fish stock....maybe easy to find in Europe but not so USA as far as I know. And online fish stock very pricey. I think traditionally in Ireland just water?
where are you going with fish stock for a lamb dish, When all your ingredients are cooking , the stock it makes is all that is necessary, Just add a little salt,
@@richardfallon5507 'many recipes advise lamb stock, fish stock....- you misinterpret or what I write is confusing. Lamb stock is in reference to the Irish lamb stew! Ref re fish stock' is in relation to many great Irish seafood chowder recipes here. The latter - fish stock - especially I never see at least NE USA markets and it's quite expensive online (see Amazon!). Yes, easy to make the latter at home but getting white fish bones is a pain in the....here! BTW, here he adds what seems 6 cups at least lamb and chicken stock.
I had to bring something to a potluck once and made a close version of this stew without realizing it using what I already had in my fridge. only big difference is I used lard drippings and pork shoulder instead of mutton.
My grandmother was Irish and my mother used to make Irish stew. It was water with unidentifiable things floating in it. We literally refused to eat it after the first time.
I'm not Irish - but have always thought the "traditional" accompaniment was large leaves of plain boiled or steamed cabbage...not put into the stew so it doesn't overcook, served separately at the end for a flavour & texture contrast...also the rich gravy helps kids (and picky adults!) eat plenty of the cheap, nutritious cabbage they have in abundance.
Are there no condiments added? Pepper, salt, garlic, laurel leaf? I also add Guiness to my lamb stew, I thought that was traditional and it tastes very good too!!
I remember watching an old documentary about daily meal of irish people, the meal mainly consists of potato, lamb, milk, and wheat strangely enough they dont talk about spices, not even pepper, i remember feeling depressed.
My gran wasn't Irish but made just the best Irish stew with butter beans she'd make it the day before and would make her own bread nothing like butter on warm bread and hot stew
Lamb is easy to find and very rarely do people have dietary restrictions against it that do not include beef as well meanwhile mushrooms have historically* been used as a meat substitute.
Does the pint of stout come with the stew for that price? I've been to Gallaghers many a time and the food is really nice. I'm afraid to look at the menu now to see how much the prices have gone up.
Just made this but had to use Lamb not Mutton. Used shoulder chops but otherwise the same ingredients. My son enjoyed it as I did but my wife and daughter did not... I give it 2 thumbs up with a nice crusty bread. Thank you for posting.
There is no food as fresh as veggies.. no harm to animals.. I have turned myself vegan and traditional Hindu .. I now eat fresh veggies, apples, all fruits. I have lost my weight and have become non diabetic for 2 years now..