Beef Hot Pot

Total Time: 1 hr 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• 4 -6 potatoes, sliced
• 1 onion, sliced
• 1 lb beef stew meat (cut chunks into halves)
• 300 ml beef stock
• 2 tablespoons butter, melted and divided
• 1/2 teaspoon parsley (to garnish)
• 2 large carrots, sliced

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375°f.
• 2 heat a little oil in frying pan and brown (only) stew meat along with onions and carrots (to soften slightly); remove from pan.
• 3 layer sliced potatoes, onion, carrot and meat in a 3 pint casserole, finishing with a layer of potatoes.
• 4 pour over the stock.
• 5 brush the potatoes with 1 tbsp melted butter. cover and bake for 1 hour.
• 6 remove the hot pot from the oven. uncover and brush the potatoes again with melted butter or dripping.
• 7 return to the oven for a further 30 minutes, uncovered, to brown the potatoes.
• 8 serve garnished with parsley.