Kerry Casserole is an Irish recipe that typically includes potatoes, onions, and beef. It is often flavored with Guinness beer and served with Irish soda bread.
(Irish pork belly has a fatty layer, vital for the flavor, and a meatylayer.
See if you can get your butcher to give you pork that has aboutequal amounts of pork and fat.
Plain lean pork will not taste as good.
)Cut meat into one-inch cubes.
Peel and thinly slice potatoes.
Peel or wipemushrooms, and slice if large.
Grease a large ovenproof dish with some ofthe butter, and place a layer of sliced potatoes in the bottom.
Add halfthe meat pieces, seasoned and sprinkled with rosemary.
Layer with halfthe vegetables, plus another layer of potatoes.
Repeat, using all meat,veg and potatoes.
Pour stock over and dot potatoes with remaining butter.
Cover and cook in a moderate oven, 325F, for 2 1/4 hours.
Uncover forthe last half hour of cooking to brown the potatoes.