Potato, Bacon and Onion Hot Pot with Lovage

Name: Potato, Bacon and Onion Hot Pot with Lovage
Ingredients: 1½ lb (700 g) potatoes, peeled and sliced; Lovage leaves, chopped; Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper; ½ lb (225 g) streaky bacon, chopped; 1 pint (570 ml) béchamel sauce; 4 onions, sliced

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Potato Year

By Lucy Madden

Published 2015

About

Lovage is a lovely perennial herb to grow if you have a dampish climate. The leaves taste a little like celery but the plants are visually distinguished. The stalks can be candied like angelica.

Ingredients

1½ lb (700 g) potatoes, peeled and sliced
4 onions, sliced

Dinner
Main course
May

Method

Layer the potatoes and onions together with the bacon in a casserole dish with the seasoning.

Pour over the béchamel sauce with a few chopped leaves of lovage and bake for an hour at gas mark 6/400°F/200°C.