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Family favourite Lancashire hotpot recipe

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Family favourite Lancashire hotpot recipe from Vicky11

Category	Handed down recipes
Serves	6
Prep time	15 mins
Cook time	3 hours

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Ingredients

750g (1½lb) lean beef cubes
2 tbsp cooking oil
50g (2oz) plain flour (seasoned with salt and pepper)
2 onions (sliced)
500g (1lb) potatoes (peeled and sliced)
2 celery stalks (sliced)
1 carrot (cubed)
100g (4oz) swede (cubed)
30ml dry sherry
½ tsp mustard
1 pinch ground nutmeg
3 bay leaves
½ tsp rosemary (chopped)
1 tsp thyme (chopped)
350ml beef stock
15g (½oz) butter mixed with 1 clove chopped garlic

Method

1.Coat the beef with flour. Fry beef in cooking oil in a frying pan till lightly brown.
2. Layer the beef and the vegetables (except the potato slices) in an ovenproof dish or casserole. Season with salt and pepper.
3. Add in the bay leaves, thyme, rosemary, mustard and nutmeg.
4. Cover with potato slices then pour in the stock and sherry. Spread with garlic butter and sprinkle with ground pepper.
5. Cover and cook in a moderate oven (160C/325F/Gas mark 3) for 3 hours.
Serve with pickled red cabbage. Delicious