Vegan Lancashire Hotpot: Perfect Comfort Food!

Lancashire hotpot was invented in the days of the thriving cotton industry, when potatoes and lamb were cooked over a low fire. This vegan Lancashire hotpot (The Veg Space) is made with tinned lentils, mushrooms, Maris Piper spuds and ready-made vegan sausages.

So good, people from Yorkshire may even try it!

Keep this recipe away from pets due to unsafe ingredients (garlic, onion, mushrooms). Read more on food safety for people and pets. 

Just bin alliums (onions, garlic, leeks, shallots, chives) as like tomato/citrus/rhubarb scraps, acids could harm compost creatures. If using tinned ingredients, pop lids inside or pull ring-pulls back over holes before recycling, to prevent wildlife getting trapped. 

This recipe uses Maris Piper potatoes for best results, along with tinned lentils for taste and protein. The ‘lamb replacement’ in this case are vegan sausages. We like Moving Mountains as they aren’t owned by a meat company (like Richmond) and very tasty, affordable and easy to find.

If you prefer not to use ‘fake meat’, you can sub with tinned borlotti beans instead. Serve this vegan hotpot with steamed green beans and broccoli or mashed carrot and swede.

A Coronation Street ‘hotpot’ Legend!

What a stunner!

Betty Driver was an actress and singer whose name will ring bells for fans of Coronation Street. Born in Leicester, she became famous for her role as Betty Williams on the long-running soap.

Her warm, down-to-earth character was a staple on screen for decades, and her roots in the city remained a point of pride. Leicester has always had a strong connection to the arts, and Betty’s story highlights the city’s role in sending talent to the national stage.

Betty in real life was a vegetarian and awful cook, laughing that she wouldn’t be able to make a hotpot to save her life! Still her healthy lifestyle led her to live to the ripe old age of 91.