Colm O'Gorman: How to make my comforting Lancashire Hot Pot

"Given the freezing cold weather of late, I thought you might enjoy my take on this classic English dish, cooked in a slow cooker. It is comfort food at its finest."

I lived in a Coronation Street-free zone when I was child. We could only get a television signal for RTÉ where I then lived in rural County Wexford. 

When I was 11 years old we moved to Wexford town and were finally able to receive the UK stations, just BBC and ITV at that time. This was long before the launch of Channel 4 and decades before cable and satellite TV.