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Showbizguru
Not a casserole as such but a Lancashire hot pot.
Roughly-chopped lamb on the bone - neck is a good option - ,onion,carrot and mushroom with a few herbs with thinly-sliced potato latticed over the top,then a lid on top of that and simmered in a medium oven for as long as possible.
That's the simple version but here's a more professional take on it.
It's delicious.
http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandst...cashire-hotpot
Proper Lancashire hotpot doesn't have mushrooms - my grannie will be turning in her grave at the thought.
The French have good casseroles - poulet bonne femme (good wife's chicken), chicken chasseur, boeuf bourginon... All involving wine, garlic onions, mushrooms and various other things depending on the dish.
I used to think if wine wasn't good enough to drink it wasn't good enough to cook with but a farmer friend in Italy gave me some wine that was like vinegar to drink but made the best chicken chasseur.