Scrumpy Lamb Stew
Ingredients:
4 lamb shanks
chopped onion
chopped carrot
chopped celery
chopped apples (optional)
olive oil
salt, pepper
spuds
fresh thyme
cinnamon stick
1 1/2 cups OLD MOUT SCRUMPY CIDER
Method:
1.) Season lamb shanks. Seal shanks in olive oil on high heat, then remove.
2.) In same pot with oil, fry onion, celery, and carrot. Add 1/2 cup of OLD MOUT SCRUMPY and reduce.
3.) Add cinnamon stick, shanks, spuds, apples, handful of thyme and 1 cup of SCRUMPY. Add water to just cover meat and veg and cook on low heat for 2-3 hours.
4.) Add salt and pepper to taste.
Good winter dish. Can leave pot on fire for 3 days and simply add more meat and veg to the liquid stock. Great one pot wonder. Cinnamon is important.
Thanks to Cameron Jones for submitting this recipe.
