stovies

[jeanlinda]

could anyone tell me how to make stovies

[loulou80]

love to tell you if i knew what they were!

[nickmo]

Jings, crivens, help ma boab! - whits a stovie??

Recipe idea: http://www.scottishrecipes.co.uk/stovies.htm or see: http://www.rampantscotland.com/recipes/blrecipe_stovies.htm or also: http://thefoody.com/meat/stovies.html an' they e'en have their ain wee website hen: http://www.stovies.com/

Everyone makes their own version - diced bacon is good, or corned beef. Quality of the tattie is important, and make sure a good dripping is used - this will bump up the meaty flavours. Shouldn't be too wet, and always serve with oat cakes.

This English version is a mystery though: http://www.aboutfood.co.uk/articles/recipes/recipe-164.html

If you haven't tried them they arer real comfort food, but dead easy to make. Not sure you get them down south, but certainly are available from good delis and a few s/markets as well in Scotland.

[loulou80]

if i aint heard of it that aint my fault so don't take the pee!

[casaespana]

Jings, that loulou 80 sure is touchy.

[scubadiver]

My mum always used to use sliced lorne sausage broken into pieces instead of leaftover meat. The spices in the sausage give it a bit of a kick.

It's still the only thing that I'll put brown sauce on- yum!

[Blyss]

I make stovies for my hubby and the kids .
roughly around 10 slices of square sausage.
4ibs potatoes
2 onions .
boil it all up together until the "tatties " go mushy , then I add some gravy granles .

[Gef]

Layers of sliced potato, onions and left over roast beef covered in left over gravy and simmered until the tatties are tender.

[loulou80]

not touchy just grumpy!lol

[Hard@it]

if you use corned beef it's really corned beef hash but the way the Scots cook it turns out a lot better than that.They use dripping and some put sausages and onions in - but no one as far as I know puts any from of Veg in

[brawburd]

Same as Blyss but with diced carrot added.

[Murielmci]

I am trying to eat low fat so I have changed the recipe a bit. I take a good oil such as rapeseed (omega3) and soften onions, add left over roast beef (all fat removed) and slices of raw potato with water to cover. I cook this for a good 40 mins (or in the pressure cooker which works wonderfully well) and then I add an oxo cube (this helps with colour and taste) I then assess the thickness and add instant potato to get the desired consistency. Some parsley finishes this off nicely.

I am a very good cook and much respected no one knows that I add mash & oxo and they all rave that my stovies are the best! It is something about using the very best of ingredients - i.e left over roast beef (or lamb or pork) and then cheating at the end. Fools them every time and goves a super meal for pennies.

[stovie]

put a bit of oil in the bottom of a stewpan, chop a small onion in and keep stirring until the onion becomes clear. Pell big potatoes and slice thinly, put on top of the onion and keep stirring. Add a little water so the mixture doesn't get caught and, preferably, any gravy left over from the previous day's roast dinner. Any left over roast beef should be cut up very finely and add in, put lid on and leave on a very very low gas. Keep checking to ensure it isn't sticking - adding a little water as necessary. Cook until potatoes are soft then chop them up with a spoon. Season to taste. When very soft the potatoes can be mashed up with the side of the spoon and they're ready.

Best stovies made with leftovers of roast dinner!

Must be eaten with tomato soup as far as I'm concerned! lovely grub!