Lancashire hotpot
Ingredients
Ingredients | Measure |
Butter | 100g |
Lamb | 900g |
Lamb Kidney | 3 |
Onions | 2 medium |
Carrots | 4 sliced |
Plain Flour | 25g |
Worcestershire Sauce | 2 tsp |
Chicken Stock | 500ml |
Bay Leaves | 2 |
Potatoes | 900g |
Instruction
- Heat oven to 160C/fan 140C/gas 3
- Heat some dripping or butter in a large shallow casserole dish, brown the lamb in batches, lift to a plate, then repeat with the kidneys
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Fry the onions and carrots in the pan with a little more dripping until golden
- Sprinkle over the flour, allow to cook for a couple of mins, shake over the Worcestershire sauce, pour in the stock, then bring to the boil
- Stir in the meat and bay leaves, then turn off the heat
- Arrange the sliced potatoes on top of the meat, then drizzle with a little more dripping
- Cover, then place in the oven for about 1½ hrs until the potatoes are cooked
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Remove the lid, brush the potatoes with a little more dripping, then turn the oven up to brown the potatoes, or finish under the grill for 5-8 mins until brown