Date: 08:27:25 on Tuesday, December 08, 2009
Name: Renegade.uk
Subject: Lancashire Hotpot

Ingredients (serves 4 people)

900 grams (28 oz) best neck lamb, cut into medallions
1 tablespoon groundnut oil
Knob of butter
4 lamb's kidneys, skinned, cored and cut into bite-sized pieces
3 onions, sliced into 1cm/½in wedges
1 tablespoon plain flour
570ml/20fl oz freshly boiled water
½ teaspoon of Worcestershire sauce
1 fresh bay leaf
2 thyme sprigs
900 grams (28 oz) potatoes, cut into thin slices
Sea salt
Freshly ground black pepper

METHOD:

Pre-heat the oven to 170C/325F/Gas 3.

Trim any excess fat from the lamb and pat dry with paper towel.

Heat the oil and the small knob of butter in a large heavy-based frying pan until very hot. Add the lamb, two or three pieces at a time, and fry until brown, turning once. Once browned, put them in a wide large casserole dish. Brown the pieces of kidney and add to the lamb.

Once the meat and kidney are in the casserole, add the onions to the pan. Fry over medium heat, adding a little more butter to the pan if necessary, for about ten minutes until browned at the edges.

Gently stir in the flour then gradually add the hot water and Worcestershire sauce, stirring until the flour and liquid are smoothly blended. Season with salt and pepper and bring to simmering point. Pour over the meat in the casserole.

Add the bay leaf and thyme, then layer the thin potato slices on top in an overlapping pattern. Season the potatoes and dot the surface with a few dabs of butter.

Cover with a tight-fitting lid and place in the pre-heated oven. Cook for 1 hour 30 minutes. Towards the end of cooking time, remove the lid and brush the potatoes with a little more butter. Then place under the grill to crisp up. Alternatively, remove the lid and increase the heat to 200C/400F/Gas 6 for the last 15 minutes of cooking.

Remove the bay leaf and thyme before serving.

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