Lancashire Hotpot

Preparation info
    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in
The Potato Year: 300 Classic Recipes

By Lucy Madden

Published 2015

  • About

The hotpots of my childhood in post-war London remain through the years as memories of ‘lumps of fat in washing-up water’ as my brother used to call them as he tipped our platefuls out of the window. How different are the refined, and more expensive, stews of today. The recipe below is not authentic Lancashire.

Ingredients

  • lb (700 g) potatoes, peeled and thinly sliced
  • lb (700 <

Method

Trim any fat from the lamb and brown it quickly in the heated oil. Remove from the pan, add the onions and the garlic and allow to cook for a few minutes. Add the mushrooms, cook for a few more minutes, then season.

Put the lamb back into the pan and cover with a good meat or vegetable stock. Bring to the boil and put into a casserole dish.

Cover with the potatoes. Brush with th