Lancashire hotpot

Noun

Lancashire hotpot (countable and uncountable, plural Lancashire hotpots)

1. A stew of lamb or mutton and onions topped with sliced potatoes.
   • The famous "Lancashire hotpot" is made thus, though with slight variations. The cutlets are trimmed, seasoned, and laid in first into the lightly buttered "pot," then a good layer of seasoned sliced kidneys, very thinly sliced onion, bearded oysters, and sliced, parboiled potatoes, sprinkling this...1902, S. Beaty-Pownall, editor, The "Queen" Cookery Books: Volume 5, Meats and Game, page 85
   • A bredie is to South Africa what Irish stew is to Ireland, goulash is to the Hungarians and Lancashire hotpot is to the English.1974, Jane Grigson, editor, The World Atlas of Food, →ISBN, page 182