Beef Hot Pot - cooking recipe

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

Preparation

Preheat oven to 375\u00b0F.
Heat a little oil in frying pan and brown (only) stew meat along with onions and carrots (to soften slightly); remove from pan.
Layer sliced potatoes, onion, carrot and meat in a 3 pint casserole, finishing with a layer of potatoes.
Pour over the stock.
Brush the potatoes with 1 tbsp melted butter. Cover and bake for 1 hour.
Remove the hot pot from the oven. Uncover and brush the potatoes again with melted butter or dripping.
Return to the oven for a further 30 minutes, uncovered, to brown the potatoes.
Serve garnished with parsley.