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Lancashire hotpot
A real family favourite...
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Recipe:
Sent in by Vikki

- Difficulty: Easy
- Serves 4
- Freezable
Preparation
- Total time
- 2 Hrs 45 Mins
- Preparation time
- 30 Mins
- Cooking time
- 2 Hrs 15 Mins
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Potatoes (roughly two per adult and one per child, peeled and thinly sliced)
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3 carrots (peeled and cut into chunks)
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1 onion, chopped
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500g lamb (or beef, or lamb/beef stewing steak chopped into chunks)
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570ml stock (or water)
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1 tsp mustard (optional)
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100g suet
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200g plain flour
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440g red cabbage (1 jar)
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Preheat the oven to 180 °C/Gas mark 4
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Oil a casserole dish and layer up the meat, onion, carrot and finish with a layer of sliced potato
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If using the mustard, add this to the stock and pour over the potatoes so that the stock is visible near the top (if need be, top up with water)
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Put in the oven for 60-90 minutes (or until the potatoes and carrots are almost cooked)
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In the meantime make up a crust by mixing the suet with the flour and water as per the packet instructions
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Once you have your dough, form this into a large roughly shaped disc
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After about an hour, or when the potatoes and carrots are almost cooked, add the crust to the hotpot (it doesn't matter if it is sinking into the stock - this is what makes it lovely and squidgy underneath!) and return to the oven for a further 30-45 minutes
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Serve with red cabbage on the side, or other pickles
Tips
This recipe is great for a cold winter's night. Make a big hotpot then freeze half of it for a quick and easy meal later on. It's also easy to cook in the slow cooker.
Variations
If you want to make a healthier hotpot without the crust, just end with your layer of potatoes, brush them with melted butter and bake in the oven for 1½-2 hours, or cook in the s low cooker for 8-10 hours on low
Reviews
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Guest
★★★★★ Rated 5 out of 5 stars.Easy and quick to make. Not spicy - so the younger ones enjoy it as well. Very tasty and cooks well in the slow cooker. I can recommend it as a good, healthy meal that the whole family can enjoy..
Reviewed on 20/10/15
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Guest
★★★★☆ Rated 4 out of 5 stars.Bit tricky getting the potatoes to the right thickness but worth the effort
Reviewed on 09/03/15
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