Monday lunches very often consist of meat left over from Sunday's roast - ''rechauffés" the French call them: dressed up dishes made from pre-cooked meat. All sorts of cooked meats are used: lamb, mutton, beef, veal, pork, ham, poultry or game, but not in combination.
This is a meat casserole fixed the way my mother used to do it.
| Serves: | 4 |
| Preparation time: | 20 minutes |
| Cooking time: | 15 minutes |
| Ingredients: | 1lb cooked meat 500g 2 cups |
| 3 tablespoons oil 45ml 1 1/2fl oz | |
| 2 finely chopped onions | |
| 3-4 tomatoes (seeded, chopped and skinned) | |
| pinch of cinnamon | |
| 1oz flour 25g 1/4 cup | |
| 10 fl oz stock 275ml 1 1/4 cups | |
| 4oz cooked peas 100g 2 cups | |
| seasoning | |
| 4oz cheddar cheese 100g 1 cup | |
| 1lb creamed potatoes 500g 2 cups | |
| paprika |
Method: Cut meat into one-inch squares. Heat oil in a saucepan, fry onion for a minute over a gentle heat. Add tomatoes and cinnamon, continue cooking for a further minute. Add flour and blend well with the vegetables. Gradually add the stock, stirring continuously, add meat and peas, season to taste. Bring just to boiling point and simmer for 10 to 12 minutes. Pour the meat mixture in the centre of dish. Sprinkle with cheese and place under hot grill until golden brown. Serve with potatoes piped around the edge of the dish and sprinkle with paprika.
Watchpoints: If adding cooked meat to sauce, the sauce should be slightly warmed before the meat is put in, then the entire contents slowly brought to boiling point. If meat is put into a boiling sauce, it will toughen. Use a white sauce for white meats and a brown sauce for brown meat. Always use a well flavoured and seasoned sauce.
Garnish well. A good salad helps enhance dish.
From The Irish Country Kitchen by Mary Kinsella. Click here for more information on the book.
Further reading:
A Little Irish Cookbook by John Murphy. Click here for more information.
Click here A Little Irish Cookbook to buy the book from Amazon.com or here to buy the Appletree Press book from Amazon.co.uk. For more information of the Appletree Press title, click on: A Little Irish Cookbook.
Also from Appletree: A Little Book of Irish Baking. Click here to buy from Amazon.com, or here, for more information
And: The Irish Kitchen. Click here to buy from Amazon.com, here to get it from Amazon.co.uk, or here, for more information.
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