Lamb Stew - Vintage Recipe - cooking recipe

Ingredients

8 potatoes
3 medium onions, diced
4 large carrots, diced
2 stalks celery with leaves, chopped
1 1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. pepper
4 to 5 lb. lamb shank *
1 1/2 qt. water

Preparation

Cook lamb for 1 3/4 hours.
Let the lamb cool until the fat rises to the top.
Then scrape the fat off and take the meat off of the bone.
Add onions, carrots, celery, salt and pepper to the lamb and cook for 1 hour.
Add the potatoes and cook the stew for another 3/4 to 1 hour, until the potatoes cook down and thicken the stew.
Serves 8.