Panacalty Recipe – a Northeast England Favourite

Have you heard of panacalty? Panacalty, Panackelty also called Pan Haggerty or Pan Aggie is an English casserole consisting of corned beef, bacon, potatoes, onions, and carrots left to slow cook in a pot throughout the day. This simple main dish packed with flavor which satisfies hungry appetites!

Yields: 4-6 portions
Prep Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 60 mins Total: 1hr 10 mins

What is Panacalty?

The name derives from the word pan indicating that is cooked in a pan. This is a lamb or beef potato casserole originating in North East England. Besides being very simple to assemble it’s extremely comforting and economical to cook especially if you’re cooking for a crowd. In fact, this is a family favorite of working-class families and in Sunderland, it’s often eaten on Monday using leftover meat cooked slowly with leftover root vegetables together with a tin of corned beef all covered with sliced potatoes on top.

To my surprise, I also found out the dish is also a fantastic breakfast accompanied by fried eggs!

Panackelty Variations

Northumberland version

Pan haggerty in Northumberland uses root vegetables (potatoes and onions) and cheese baked in a baking dish.

Sunderland version

Paneckelty in Sunderland is made with the left ofter meat and leftover root vegetables in a slow cooker or casserole dish left in the oven to simmer. Then more fresh root vegetables can be added together with a tin of corned beef and covered with sliced potatoes on top.

Paneckelty can also be turned into soup by slow-cooking everything in a frying pan adding more water and stock as necessary.

Besides the Sunderland region, this version is also common in Tyne & Wear and Country Durham.

Panacalty Recipe

Ingredients

• Corned Beef – sliced or minced
• Onion – preferably white onions but also shallots if you prefer
• Carrots – thinly sliced
• Olive oil – or any other vegetable oil to fry the onions
• Potatoes – large potatoes work best in this recipe
• Stock – beef or vegetable stock
• Salt and Pepper – use freshly ground black pepper and a dash of sea salt
• Cheese – mature Cheddar cheese works perfectly well like any hard cheese such as Gouda.

Panacalty – a Step by Step Guide

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Panacalty Recipe (Panackelty)

Panackelty is a hearty casserole dish that warms your heart serving as the best comfort food around. Unsurprisingly it's still the most loved meal in North East England.

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Prep Time 10 mins

Cook Time 1 hr

Total Time 1 hr 10 mins

Course Breakfast, Main Course

Cuisine British, English

Servings 4 people

Ingredients

  

• 1 tin Corned Beef thinly sliced
• 1 Onion, large thinly sliced
• 2 Carrots thinly sliced
• 4 Potatoes, large thinly sliced
• 125 g Bacon cut into squares
• 125 g Cheddar Cheese shredded
• ¾ Pint Beef Stock or vegetable stock

Instructions

 

STEP 1: PREPARE

• Preheat the oven to 190°C.
• Add a little olive oil to a casserole and fry the onion for a few minutes until it becomes translucent. Add the cubed bacon and fry for another 2 minutes and set aside.
• Now in the casserole arrange a layer of sliced potatoes enough to cover the bottom followed by a layer of fried onion, a layer of corned beef, and then a layer of sliced carrots. Finally, on top add the fried bacon and season with salt and freshly ground pepper.
• Repeat the last step and add layers of potatoes, onion, corned beef, carrots and bacon. This time finish with a layer of potatoes to cover the top. Season with salt and pepper.
• Pour in the stock and cover with foil.

STEP 2: BAKE

• Leave in the oven for 45 minutes.
• Remove the foil and bake for another 10 minutes in the oven or until the potatoes on top are brown and crunchy.
• Take out from the oven and optionally spring out the shredded cheese over the brown potatoes. Then leave for a final 10 minutes or until the cheese starts bubbling on top.

STEP 3: ENJOY!

• Serve with more veggies and/or eggs for extra protein.

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