English Hot Pot - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 flank steak or round steak
2 medium onions, thinly sliced
4 carrots, cut into 1 inch pieces
6 medium to large potatoes
melted butter
salt and pepper

Preparation

Remove all fat from steak.
Cut steak into 1 1/2 inch cubes. Place in deep 3-quart casserole dish.
Cover steak with sliced onions, separated into rings.
Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Add enough water to barely cover meat.
Cover onions with sliced carrots.
Sprinkle with salt and pepper.
Peel potatoes and cut into slices (not too thin).
Rinse well. Layer the potatoes on top of carrots, sprinkling the layers with a little salt.
Brush top layer with melted butter.
Bake at 400\u00b0, uncovered, for about 2 1/2 hours.
If top layer of potatoes is becoming too brown, cover loosely with foil during last 1/2 hour of cooking.