Lancashire hotpot. Heat oil in a large skillet over medium high heat. Saute onion until soft and deep golden in color. Remove from skillet and set aside.
Traditional Lancashire Hotpot This has acquired its name from the time when it was baked at home, then wrapped in blankets to keep hot and provide lunch for a day at the races. This recipe is taken from Delia Smith's Complete Cookery Course, Delia Smith's Complete Illustrated Cookery Course and The Evening Standard Cookbook. It's a simple meal that would have been left to cook slowly all day, ready for the hungry cotton workers at the end of their shift.
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Heat oil in a large skillet over medium high heat. Saute onion until soft and deep golden in color. Remove from skillet and set aside.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook lancashire hotpot using 10 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Lancashire hotpot:
- {Prepare 3 lbs of cubed lamb.
- {Get 1 tbsp of veg oil & 1 tbsp butter for sautéing.
- {Prepare 1 cup of baby carrots diced.
- {Get 1 1/2 of large brown onions diced large.
- {Take 4 cups of beef broth.
- {Make ready 8 tbsp of flour.
- {Take 2 tbsp of Worcestershire sauce.
- {Take 4 of large red potatoes sliced thin.
- {Take 1 tbsp of butter for brushing potatoes.
- {Take to taste of Salt, pepper, thyme.
Lancashire Hotpot is probably the most famous dish to come from the county of Lancashire and is very simple and straightforward to make. Hotpot is a long, slow-cooked recipe, yet unlike many stews, it is still quite light and suitable for eating year-round (except perhaps on a scorching summer's day). Hotpot kept miners going too, the pot being wrapped in a blanket to ensure it was still warm at lunchtime. In the novel North and South, Victorian writer Elizabeth Gaskell described how Mr Thornton, a mill owner, dined on hotpot with his workers : "I never made a better dinner in my life… and for some time, when ever that special dinner recurred in their.
Steps to make Lancashire hotpot:
- Heat oven to 325°. In a deep casserole dish (or cast iron skillet) brown the lamb in the butter and oil and seasoning with salt, pepper, and thyme. Remove from heat and set aside (lamb will finish cooking in oven).
- Add carrots and onions to skillet and add a tsp beef broth here and there to prevent from burning (deglaze) Lightly season (because the beef broth has a a lot of sodium).
- Once onions are carmelized add the lamb back and sprinkle 4 tbsp of flour over the mixture. Mix then add the beef broth. Bring to a simmer til it thickens. Add Worcestershire sauce, and stir well..
- Cover with foil and place in oven for 30 min.
- Remove from oven and add remaining 4 tbsp of flour to thicken. Whisk in quickly and add potatoes sliced on top. Brush with 1 tbsp melted butter with salt and pepper added to it. Sprinkle thyme on top. Recover and bake for another hour..
- Remove foil and turn oven up to 400° and bake for another 40 min. Garnish with parsley!.
Brown lamb chops on both sides, remove and set aside. Add garlic, Worcestershire sauce, and flour, sauté for another minute. One of the great stews of the world, Lancashire hotpot is a dish that makes a virtue of simplicity. Nothing says comfort food like a Lancashire Hotpot on a cold evening. Warm your soul with this delicious recipe from the famous Hairy Bikers.
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