What could be better on a cold and frosty day than digging into a steaming bowl lamb hot pot with a thick slice if warm crusty bread to mop up all those juices. Perfect!
Ingredients
- 2-3 tbsp oil
- 8 neck chops or stewing lamb
- 3-4 tbsp flour
- 1 heaped tbsp tomato puree
- 2 small onions, peeled and roughly chopped
- 2 medium carrots, peeled and roughly chopped
- 1 small leek, finely chopped and washed really well
- 1 small swede, peeled and roughly chopped
- 50g barley
- 600mls boiling water
- 2 chicken stock cubes
- 100g black pudding, roughly chopped (optional)
- 3 large potatoes, peeled and sliced in 1/2cm pieces
- 3-4 tbsp melted butter, roughly
- ½ tsp pepper hot pot
Method
- Pre heat the oven to 180° Gas 4.
- Heat the oil, in a 25cm x 12cm deep saucepan then add the lamb brown really well, this will take a few minutes, then remove.
- Add the flour and tomato puree to soak up any excess fat from the meat.
- Next add the vegetables and barley stir well, then add the boiling water and sprinkle in the stock cube.
- Spoon out half the vegetables into a bowl. Top the other half of vegetables, with the lamb, sprinkle over the black pudding, then top with the rest of the vegetables.
- Lay on the sliced potatoes, overlapping slightly, and press down. Spoon over a little olive oil, then dust well with pepper.
- Place the lid on and place into the pre-heated oven and cook for 1 hour. At the 1 hour mark, remove the lid carefully, the potatoes will be cooked. Lightly brush the potatoes with oil or melted butter and return to the oven. Cook uncovered for a further 45-50 minutes. The potatoes will brown nicely.
- Serve with pickled red cabbage.
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