{"id":1840,"slug":"lancashire-hotpot","title":"Lancashire Hotpot","description":"Lancashire hotpot, originating from England, is a very easy but delicious baked dish consisting of lamb, onions, potatoes, and herbs.","ingredients_raw":["2 lb (900 g) neck of lamb or mutton","2 large potatoes, sliced","1 large or 2 small white onions, diced","Choice of mixed herbs","500 ml boiling water"],"ingredients_norm":["neck of lamb or mutton","potato","white onion","choice of mixed herb","boiling water"],"steps":["Dice the lamb and set aside. Preheat oven to 325°F / 170°C / Gas mark 3.","Add a layer of the potatoes to the bottom of a casserole dish, and cover with a handful of the diced onion. Layer the diced lamb on top of this, sprinkling with the herbs.","Repeat these layers until the dish is full. Top with a final layer of the potatoes.","Pour boiling water into the dish until filled—if more water is needed, continue to add until topped.","Bake for at least 1 hour, though traditionally the dish was left baking all day. Mutton will require a longer cooking time."],"categories":["Lamb recipes","Recipes using lamb and mutton","Recipes using potato","Baked recipes","Main course recipes","English recipes"],"prep_time_minutes":null,"cook_time_minutes":null,"total_time_minutes":80,"servings":"4–6","yield_text":null,"difficulty":"easy","source_name":"wikibooks","source_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Lancashire_Hotpot","source_ref":"4497923","authors_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook:Lancashire_Hotpot&action=history","license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","extraction_confidence":null,"content_hash":"530553adcbe7752504b2031b743e66e8806b6ce0a8ea0e9a9919af114b8a0109","created_at":"2026-08-02T14:43:06Z","updated_at":"2026-08-02T14:43:06Z","notice":null,"url":"https://recipecontextprotocol.com/recipes/lancashire-hotpot"}