Hot Pot

Ingredients

• One pound cold cooked meat
• one pound lean mutton
• two pounds potatoes
• one large onion
• one half pint cold water
• half an ounce dripping
• half a table-spoonful salt
• one half tea-spoonful pepper
• one table-spoonful flour

Method

1. 1

   Soak the onion overnight in boiling water, then cut it into thin slices.

2. 2

   Pare the potatoes thinly, place them in a saucepan, cover with cold water, and boil.

3. 3

   Mix flour, pepper, and salt on a plate.

4. 4

   Cut the meat into small pieces and roll in the seasoned flour.

5. 5

   Layer potatoes, meat, and onion in a pie-dish, topping with halved potatoes.

6. 6

   Brush with melted dripping and bake in a moderate oven for half an hour (one hour if using mutton).

As published

This recipe was extracted from Handbook of practical cookery (1886) by Matilda Lees Dods, page 176. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

HOT POT — SEA PIE. 273 MEATS. Hot Pot. — One pound cold cooked meat or one pound lean mutton, two pounds potatoes, one large onion, one half pint cold water, half an. ounce dripping, half a table-spoonful salt, one half tea-spoonful pepper, one table-spoonful flour

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