Slow Cooked Traditional Scottish Stovies With Oatcakes And Beetroot And The Kids Beans Recipes

SLOW COOKER SCOTTISH STOVIES

Steps:

• Slice the onions and cut the potatoes into 4 cm pieces
• Place the dripping or fat in a pan and very gently sauté the onions. They should soften but not colour.
• Add the potatoes and stir them to coat and mix thoroughly with the onions.
• Transfer to your slow cooker pot.
• Grind up stock cube (if using) with salt, sprinkle over the potatoes and onions in the slow cooker.
• Pour over the water, don't be tempted to add more, 30 ml is all you need) put on the lid and cook for 1 hour 15 minutes on HIGH, then 1 hour 15 minutes on LOW.
• When the potatoes are cooked, take a wooden spoon and roughly break up the potatoes. You want to retain chunks of potato but roughen up the edges.

SLOW COOKED TRADITIONAL SCOTTISH STOVIES WITH OATCAKES AND BEETROOT (AND THE KIDS BEANS)

Steps:

• In a saucepan, melt approximately 100g of your lard. This will be quicker than you expect.
• Add the onions to the pan and lightly fry.
• Make sure that the onions are still white and are not cooked long enough to begin turning brown.
• Add the onions, lard and your potatoes to the slow cooker and stir until all the potatoes are coated in lard. If you have to add some more, add it a teaspoon at a time, as it is easy to use too much lard.
• Add a few spoons of the gravy from your meat, a couple of tablespoons of water, and a couple of pinches of salt.
• Cook for 8 hours on low, or 4 hours on high.
• You will need to check the pot every hour and if you need to add a little extra water, do it a teaspoon at a time. You only want just enough to stop the potatoes from burning into the pot.
• Don't mash the potatoes as when they are ready, they will break down with the stirring.
• Add in your meat with a few more spoonfuls of gravy.
• Cook until the meat is thoroughly heated.
• Normally, you would shred your meat or cut it really small, but my boys like their meat in hunky chunks so my pictures are not the effect you would get if you shredded your meat before adding it.
• Serve with oatcakes and beetroot with a glass of milk for the traditional fare, or add beans like the Scottish Mum Kids.

SCOTTISH STOVIES

Steps:

• Heat the lard or butter in a medium sized saucepan. Add the onion and fry for 10 mins over a low-medium heat until softened. Add the swede, carrot and celery and fry for 5 mins.
• Stir in the meat, if using leftover roast lamb or beef, then the potatoes. Pour over the stock and season generously, bring to the boil, then turn the heat down to a simmer. Cook covered for 1 hr 30 mins or until the vegetables have softened and the potatoes have broken down completely. If you're using corned beef, add this to the pan 20 mins before the end of cooking. Serve with oatcakes, or crusty bread