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  • Marjorie Openshaw's Winning Lancashire Hotpot Recipe

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    Ingredients

    • 2 1/2 lb Potatoes
    • 2 x Onions
    • 8 x Thinly prepared best end of neck, (Ask the butcher to lamb chops, trim and use the trimmings to make the stock) Meat trimmings from the lamb chops Half a pint of water
    • 1 x Bay leaf
    • 1 sprg rosemary, 1 sprig thyme A little minced celery

    Directions

    1. 1 To make the stock: Put all the ingredients together and simmer gently for half an hour. Strain the stock and allow it to go cool. Remove the fat from the top and set aside.
    2. 2 To make the hotpot: Peel the potatoes and cut into medium sized chunks reserving one large potato to be cut into thin slices. Slice the onions and chop them finely.
    3. 3 Layer ingredients into an earthenware lidded hotpot dish, beginning with potatoes, then onions, four chops, onions again, the remaining chops, onions again, potatoes and then a layer of sliced potatoes overlapping on top.
    4. 4 Reheat the stock (minus the fat) with a little extra water and pour over the hotpot till you can just see the liquid coming up between the potatoes.
    5. 5 Grease the inside of the lid with the set aside fat and place on top.
    6. Place in an oven preheated to 190C/375F/Gas5 for half an hour.
    7. 6 Reduce the heat to 175C/325F/Gas3 for a further 1 1/4 hrs. Remove the lid. Increase the heat to 200C/400F/Gas6 for 15 min to brown the potatoes.
    8. 7 Garnish with a little minced parsley and serve.

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