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  • 30g lard or butter
  • 1 onion
    finely chopped
  • ½ swede
    peeled and cut into 2cm cubes (400g prepped weight)
  • 2 large carrots
    peeled and cut into 2cm cubes
  • 1 celery
    stick, finely chopped
  • 500g leftover roast meat
    (lamb or beef), or corned beef, cubed
  • 700g potatoes
    peeled and cut in to 3cm cubes
  • 500ml beef or lamb stock
  • oatcakes
    or crusty bread, to serve

Nutrition: Per serving (6)

  • kcal418
  • fat23g
  • saturates10g
  • carbs23g
  • sugars6g
  • fibre4g
  • protein28g
  • salt0.42g
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Method

  • step 1

    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.

  • step 2

    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

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A star rating of 3.9 out of 5.23 ratings

g.craig588fOf2KhH6

Ach, this isnae stovies. Put sliced onion, celery, garlic clove and stewing steak into pot or casserole with water, bay leaf, salt and pepper. When meat almost done, add chunky carrot pieces, no need to peel. Add a thick layer of very finely sliced totties (don't peel), salt and pepper.15 minutes…

lynnbobelle09726

That bears no resemblance to any of the stovies I've grown up with in the North East of Scotland

conormatthews1993

Used this recipe, however I used 500g of slice (square sausage) and cooked in the slow cooker on high for around four hours.

Everyone makes stovies differently, but this is a decent base recipe to make it your own etc.

garymqzU33YFk

Got to laugh at some of the comments, this isn't how my gran did it, this is not a true recipe lol. absolute rubbish, times have changed and ingredients are widely available to add your own touch and taste to any recipe so to the doubters, stick with your own bland food and leave the rest of us to…

wynrolfpCZe68I

Readers, this is NOT Scottish Stovies. Does the BBC GF not have any screening of recipes it posts in it's site? Search elsewhere for a Scottish Stovies recipe. Here is why: NO veg other than tatties - if so, it's a stew. Across Scotland there are dozens of recipes for Stovies. Most use left over…

Bigfoot1234

I think this is a good recipe. I looked at a few stovies recipes today and some others had much shorter cooking times. This one is better as it does take a good hour to get the tatties soft. I used Cumberland sausages and pork stock. And a wee squeeze of brown sauce. And I added cabbage. It was…

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