I am thick - how do i make mince and tatties?

[rumblethump]

having lived in scotland for many years now, i should know what this is, shouldn't i?

i hear friends talking about it, but what do you do to the mince to make it...well, taste nice and not like the mince you used to have at school? (or is it MEANT to be like school mince )

any ideas?

school mince [shudder]

No idea, but bumping for you!

Mince and tatties is a common dish in Scottish households.

Recipe Ingredients:

1 tablespoon oil.1
1 large onion, finely chopped.
1 lb beef mince.1
2 medium carrots, sliced.
1 tablespoon toasted pinhead oatmeal.
Water to cover.
1 or 2 beef stock cubes.2
Salt and pepper.
Gravy powder.2
1 lb boiled potatoes, peeled.

Serves 4

Preparation Method:

Heat the oil in a pan and sauté the onion until it is brown.

Add in the mince and cook until well browned.

Add the carrots and oatmeal, mix well and pour in enough water to just cover.

Crumble in the stock cubes, season and stir.

Cover the pan and simmer the mince for about 20 minutes.

Once the mince is cooked thicken the mince with about 3 teaspoons of gravy powder or corn starch mixed with a little cold water.

Serve the mince with boiled potatoes.

(Another variation, would be to add the potatoes after adding the stock cubes.)

is it nice hulababy?

That one is from GlasgowGuide

Nick Nairn's recipe

ScottishRecipes

There are lots of versons if you google.

No idea, sorry - just googled.

My DH and DD love mince, served in a big Yorkshire pudding, with mash.

I just cook the mince with some chopped onion and veg (root veg, chopped small), with beef stock, seasoning, splash f Henderson's relish, etc.

ok, i will give it a go, it's much more straightforward than i had thought.

(not sure quite what i though WAS in it to make it complicated..!)

Have a search in the archives - Nailpolish, Mellowma and Miaou are the only mums in Scotland that I can think of atm.

thanks mercy, i will have a go at nick nairns and hope it tastes good. if not, i will enlist the scottish contingent for advice!

Had this On Monday night

Brown your mince
Chop an onion and chuck in
Chuck in an OXo cube
Add a squirt of tomato puree if you fancy

Mash potatoes

Served with carrots

Maybe that's too straightforward though?

Never heard of it with oatmeal though!

Put mince and onion in pot, brown it, cover with boiling water, leave to simmer for couple of hours, adding more hot water if needed.

You can then add veg, carrotts, turnip whatever when its nearly done, i sometimes add dumplings into mine.

Bit of gravy to thicken, thats it
My butchers does fab gravy, left over from when they cook the steak pies, so I am a bit spoiled with that.

Oh I am Scottish as well if that makes my mince more authentic

oooh, louii, the boiling in hot water makes me think of school dinners again..!

but the butchers gravy sounds fab!

Ah you have to leave it to simmer or it will be chewy, yuk yuk yuk

My mince has loads of "hidden" veg in it, to try to get veg into ds!

Blitz onion, carrot, celery, wahtever other veg you can get away with in a food processor. Fry gently untill soft (especially the carrots). Add the mince, brwning a small amount at a time, stirring to keep all nice and separated. Add some stock/water/chopped tomatoes/squirt of tomato puree to cover. If particualry desparate to get veg into kids , add some cubes of frozen chopped spinach at this stage too. Slosh in some worcestershire sauce (secret ingredinet [)and bring to a simmer for a few hours, adding water/stock if requiered. Add salt/more worcerstershire sauce to taste.

Am Scottish too - and although I wasn't brought up on mince 'n' tatties, dh, who was, says that this mince is very tastie!

I only cook mince for about 20-30 minutes, never for hours.