Lancashire Hotpot

Ingredients

• 300g trimmed lamb shoulder chops
• salt & pepper, to taste
• 1 tbs all-purpose flour (or gluten-free if required)
• 1 ⁄ 2 tsp olive oil
• 1 ⁄ 2 onion halved & thinly sliced
• 1 carrot (medium) thinly sliced
• 1 garlic clove thinly sliced
• 1 1 ⁄ 2 sprigs of fresh thyme leaves picked
• 1 ⁄ 2 dried bay leaf
• 1 cup (250ml) chicken stock
• 275g potatoes peeled & thinly sliced