Louisiana Hot Pot Recipe
Louisiana Hot Pot is popular with my family, its sure to be so with your family too. Treat your family to this Louisiana Hot Pot and they are going to adore you for it.
Ingredients
2 pounds cook-before eating ham, cut in 1-inch cubes
1/4 cup unsifted all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon curry powder
1/4 teaspoon pepper
6 medium-size yams or sweet potatoes, pared and cut in 1/4-inch-thick slices
4 leeks, trimmed and sliced OR 2 medium-size onions, sliced
1 pound fresh peas, shelled (1 cup) OR 1 package (10 ounces) frozen green peas
1/4 cup sliced stuffed olives
2 cups boiling water
2 tablespoons butter or margarine
Directions
1 Trim all fat from ham.
Shake cubes, a few at a time, with flour in a paper bag to coat well.
2 Mix salt, curry powder and pepper in a cup.
3 Layer vegetables and meat into a 12-cup deep baking dish this way: Half of each of yams or sweet potatoes, leeks or onions, ham, peas and olives, sprinkling each layer lightly with season-ing mixture.
Repeat with remaining vegetables, ham and seasoning mixture.
4 Pour boiling water over; dot with butter or margarine; cover.
5 Bake in moderate oven (350°) for 3 hours, or until ham is tender.
Shake cubes, a few at a time, with flour in a paper bag to coat well.
2 Mix salt, curry powder and pepper in a cup.
3 Layer vegetables and meat into a 12-cup deep baking dish this way: Half of each of yams or sweet potatoes, leeks or onions, ham, peas and olives, sprinkling each layer lightly with season-ing mixture.
Repeat with remaining vegetables, ham and seasoning mixture.
4 Pour boiling water over; dot with butter or margarine; cover.
5 Bake in moderate oven (350°) for 3 hours, or until ham is tender.
