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Ground beef also called mince, mashed potatoes also called tatties with melted butter, roasted carrots, and peas on a plate.

Super Duper Scottish Mince and Tatties!

Grace Stewart
Hearty, comforting, wholesome and TOTALLY DELICIOUS! Enjoy this classic Scottish dish called Mince and Tatties!
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour 10 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 20 minutes
Course Main Course
Cuisine European, Scottish
Servings 4 people
Calories 548 kcal

Equipment

  • Large pan or skillet with cover for Mince
  • Small saucepan for Tatties
  • Tattie masher

Ingredients
  

  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1 lb ground beef
  • 1 ts beef bouillon or 1 beef stock cube
  • 2 cups beef stock or broth If you like a saucier dish, feel free to add another ½ cup to cup of beef stock or broth! I used unsalted beef broth
  • 1 shallot minced
  • 5 cloves garlic minced
  • ½ large onion minced
  • 1 celery stalk minced
  • 1 large carrot peeled and minced
  • 2 ts Worcestershire sauce plus additional to taste
  • ½ ts salt plus additional to taste
  • ½ ts pepper plus additional to taste

Tatties

  • 1.5 lb Russet potatoes peeled and chopped into small pieces
  • 6 tablespoon butter
  • ¼ cup heavy cream add more if you like!
  • 1 ts salt ¼ ts for salting the water, and ¾ ts for the potatoes
  • ½ ts pepper to taste

Instructions
 

  • Heat up 1 tablespoon of olive oil in a large pan or skillet on medium heat. Once hot add the garlic, shallot, and onion and stir fry for around 2-3 minutes until softened.
    Finely chopped onion, garlic, and shallot in olive oil in a Dutch oven.
  • Add the beef, breaking it up with a wooden spoon, and stir and cook until browned (about 5 minutes).
    Finely chopped onion, garlic and shallot and a block of beef mince in a Dutch oven. There is a wooden spoon inserted in the block of beef mince.
  • Once browned, add the finely diced celery, carrot, 2 cups beef broth, beef bouillon or beef stock cube, Worcestershire sauce and salt and pepper. Stir and bring to the boil on medium-high heat.
    Beef broth, finely chopped carrot and celery, finely chopped onion, garlic and shallot and seasonings in a Dutch oven.
  • Lower to a simmer, cover, then simmer for 45 minutes. Remove the cover, then increase the heat a bit and cook for another 15 minutes, or until almost all of the liquid has been absorbed. Or, you can leave it covered for the last 15 minutes if you like it more saucy! Add more salt, pepper and Worcestershire sauce if desired!
    Beef broth, finely chopped carrot and celery, finely chopped onion, garlic and shallot and seasonings in a Dutch oven.

Tatties

  • Place your peeled and cut up potatoes in a small saucepan and add water, just enough to cover. Add ¼ ts of salt. Bring this to the boil on high heat, then lower to a simmer uncovered until the potatoes are fork tender...around 7-10 minutes.
    Cut up pieces of Russet potatoes covered by water in a saucepan.
  • Drain then add butter and allow it to melt. Now mash with your tattie masher.
    Cut up pieces of cooked Russet potatoes with a potato masher poised above the potatoes.
  • Add the heavy cream, salt and pepper, and then stir to incorporate. Adjust for seasoning after stirring.
    Mashed potatoes with salt and pepper in a saucepan. There is a black spoon in the saucepan and a red cup with heavy cream poised over the saucepan.

Notes

If you like a saucier dish, feel free to add another ½ cup to 1 cup of beef stock or broth!  This would be in addition to the 2 cups this recipe calls for. Or, you can leave it covered for the last 15 minutes if you like it more saucy!
I read that the Scots eat Mince and Tatties on average once a week!  So yes, it's that good!  Easy to make and incredibly delicious, I hope this will become a family favorite.
Some recommendations are to serve with some green peas and roasted carrots! 

Nutrition

Calories: 548kcalCarbohydrates: 38gProtein: 27gFat: 33gSaturated Fat: 13gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 14gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 100mgSodium: 1225mgPotassium: 1415mgFiber: 3gSugar: 4gVitamin A: 2812IUVitamin C: 13mgCalcium: 98mgIron: 4mg
Keyword beef, beef mince, Potatoes
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