The Irish Stew of my childhood was just ok. It was warming on a winter's night, and you certainly weren't going to starve, but it didn't have a lot of flavour. So last night, when I wagged swimming training because it was just too cold to get wet, I had time to have a play with an Irish base and a few spices. The result was delicious! Ingredients 1.5kg forequarter lamb chops - halved with the bone in (ask your butcher to do it!) 1 tbs ground paprika 1 tsp cayenne pepper 2 tsp