Famer Boy Recipe - My Easter Meal

Here, in Mansfield, celebrating with Sister Freda (Almanzo's cousin), I made a special stew today.  Sister Freda was born into a family who raised sheep & she was also a shepherdess.  So, I wanted to please her with some past memories and made a Lamb Stew.  What better meal to celebrate that special day, when we celebrate the raising from the dead of our Great Shepherd, the Lamb of God?
Not wanting to sound sacrilegious, but after eating this meal, one can't help but say, "Worthy is the Lamb"!

Farmer Boy Lamb Stew

Ingredients:

2 Tablespoons vegetable oil

2 medium sized onions, chopped

3 - 4 lbs. Lamb stew meat, cut into about 1 to 2 inch cubes

2 teaspoons of thyme

2 medium sized red potatoes, sliced

3 - 4 cups of water, or chicken & beef stock (combined)

1/2 teaspoon "What's This Here Sauce?" (Worcestershire Sauce :)

8 to 10 Fingerling Potatoes (nice variety)

1 lb. of carrots, sliced into 1 inch lengths

4 ribs of celery, sliced into 1/2 to 1 inch lengths

1/3 cup of Barley, pearled

1/3 cup of cream

salt & pepper

chopped fresh parsley

Directions: Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F.  In a Dutch Oven, over medium heat, saute the onions till soft.  Add the thyme and meat.  Lithtly brown the meat, but do not cook it through. Mix in the sliced potatoes. Cover with the liquids.  Add the Fingerling Potatoes, cut in half.  Cover the pot and place into the oven to cook for 1 hour.

After an hour, add the carrots, barley, celery and the cream.  Cover the pot again and return it to the oven for cook for about another 45 minutes.  When cooking is completed, sprinkle on some chopped parsley.  Serve hot with some rolls.

I hope you'll enjoy this as much as we did!  It is a great meal anytime of the year!

If you make this, please let us all know, by leaving a comment here. Thanks. 

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