Looks fantastic. It's really interesting to me to see how closely your dishes align with the traditional Appalachian dishes I grew up with. The region was heavily settled by Scots (as well as Irish and English), but I've always heard that the mountains here reminded them of home and that's why they picked it. Loving your channel! With Christmas coming up, I must ask, do you ever make tablet?
I had to look at the map to find Glasgow! I'm actually in southern Ohio, right across the river from Kentucky (most family popped over the river in the early 1900s), but my closest EVERYTHING, distance-wise, is in either Kentucky or West Virginia. More the coal-fields "Hillbilly Days" festival than Highland-games awesomness, which sounds very cool. Do the dishes our lovely channel hostess makes smack of home cooking to you, too?
Hi Amalie, yes I imagine there would be lots of similarities :) especially with the food and language. Certain words and phrases spoken by the Appalachians, such as 'poke' (meaning bag) is also used in Scotland :) I do make tablet, and uploaded the recipe a while back....if you click this link, then It will take you straight there: th-cam.com/video/OGHuUVLjwlM/w-d-xo.html Thanks for stopping by x
Yes, we say poke! Not always, but I've heard it used plenty. I think I only discovered your channel about a month ago, and when I was prowling through, missed your tablet. Going to look now, thank you! :) We don't make it, but earlier in the year I was looking for traditional Christmas recipes for a book where the hero was a Scot, and have been madly curious ever since :)
I made this recipe for my elderly Scottish mother (we live in Australia) and the look on her face was priceless. It took her back to her childhood. Even her accent got thicker. Absolutely delicious, thank you. Subbed!
Believe it or not I got quite emotional watching this; been away from Scotland for nearly 25 years now and haven't had stovies since I left. Brought back all kinds of memories from when I was a bairn. It's one of those things that make us who we are! Will be making this recipe shortly - thanks for making this video :)
It made me emotional as well. I live in Canada, and my Granny was from Scotland. She passed away last year at 97, and this is the dish that reminds me of her. We would go to her house on Sundays for stovies, and she passed the recipe on to me. 💞
Stovies - I was always told to keep the meat seperate, or use the meat from a Sunday dinner. Boil the veggies together, and then use a masher to mix them together liberally. It was then that the small cut pieces of meat would be added, and heated until steam came onto the lid. This would be served with an accompaniment of bread and butter, gravy or processed peas for thliquid to mix into the dish. We all have our ways, and the video is great for anyone to follow due to the basic method of cooking.
@@gabriellefagan1014 take a tin of Heinz beans, chop a small onion and 120gr mushrooms, sweat the onion and mushroom, add the beans. Add 2 tablespoons of worcheshire sauce, and have that on toast. Or a jacket potato, grate some cheese on top. Its magic 👍
@@davidstorton910 That's what Me and My mother use. It's the way she made them in Aberdeen before moving to the states. We use oxo cubes and dont usually add turnip. Everything else in this recipe we use the same aside from oxo cubes and no turnip. Having them tonight and I'm fairly excited. I swear I have a large man trapped in a skinny guys body haha.
I live in the US and I absolutely love watching your show I hope you continue to give us true traditional Scottish meals I also enjoy the drive to Scotland on your way to the grocery store keep up the good work I hope to see more soon
My Scottish Granny passed away last year at 97. Every Sunday we went to her house for stovies for dinner. As much as we all loved it, we never cooked it for ourselves. The treat was having her stovies on Sunday. She passed her recipe on to me, and I've already made it a couple of times for family potlucks. That recipe is definitely a part of our family history. 💞
Terri MacKay same! When my grandma was alive she was the only person who made them. If my mum ever made them I’d always say “nope they’re not grandmas stovies” Now she’s not here my mum makes them but they’re not the same
@@michellecolledge2355 My Granny would serve it with her homemade chips, and beans and beets for whoever wanted them. I'm a bean person...I've just never been able to get onboard the beet train. 😄 I don't serve it with any sides, because I take it to family potlucks, so there's always lots of other food.
My granny used to make this with sausage I miss it as we now live in the USA and have never found a recipe for it glad I came across you site . I am going to try and make it thIs week thanks again from a Scottish lass from the USA.👍
I'm in Edinburgh and I was brought up on Scottish Fare. My family never put meat in until the end and we used only 3 ingredients to start Potatoes diced, Onions diced and Lard( Beef Dripping) rather than Butter with Salt then after that was cooked either Corned Beef or Sausages were added if wanted. I used to put my Stovies on a slice of Plain Bread not Pan Bread as I liked the crusts with HP brown Sauce.
This dish and the way you prepared it - and even the acknowledgement to the cat - reminds me of me luvly Liverpudlian mum. Miss you, Mom. Happy Christmas. xoxox
I love all your recipes, reminds me of my gran's cooking when I was a lad. Miss those meals, haven't had them in donkeys years. My gran was Scottish, most of my family is from Nova Scotia.
As an old fart Scotsman born and raised in Aberdeen, now living in California. This made me smile. Between my grannie, mum and aunty Margaret, they all taught me to cook or left lasting impressions that I can improvise on. Nobody in my lifetime has made Stovies from Scratch. It's always from leftovers, never the same twice 😉 However, great recipe and I enjoyed the video 🤗😋
I AM ABERDEEN BORN AND BRED NEAR 80YRS AGO I AM LOOKING FOR A RECIPIE ON HOW TO COOK STOVIES IN A NEW FANGLED IDEA OD AN AIR FRYER BUT CAT FIND ONE SO IT IS BACK TO THE AULD TATTIE POT WE GOT IN A WEDDING PRESEN 60YRAGO
I am so glad you made this recipe! In Mexico, we have a similar dish called "picadillo" . Instead of using root vegetables, we use tomato. It's a lovely dish for a cold day. We eat it with white bread. Delicious!
I do my stovies with link sausages. I enjoy the flavour better and the more black pepper and salt over every layer of sliced potatoes the better the flavour. 🤤 I build it in the pot like a lasagne. Onion, carrot & turnip layer, sliced potato layer salt and pepper, sausage layer then gravy, and repeat until the pot is full. The kids love it and it’s cheap, cheerful and filling! Great for those on a budget. PS your recipes have been a godsend to me since i moved to the middle east! A huge thank you! ❤
My grunnie always made stovies on a Monday. She used the left over beef or chicken and gravy and any veg etc. She didn't like peely-wally stovies as she called them. Her stovies were lush and served with oatcakes, pickled beetroot and broon sauce if preferred.. No matter what i do or try, mine never tastes like my beloved grunnie's did. Will defo try the steak mince ones. Thankyou for the upload, greatly appreciated. :)
This is a favorite in my household, thanks to you! Gives my husband a taste of home and my daughter has requested it every week! Have a lovely week! xx
I make this periodically when I feel the need for comfort food. I always watch the video first, not because I need instruction, but because I love hearing you talk. You remind me of my Scottish grandmother who was from Arbroath. She was the person I loved most in the world.
Made these stovies twice. Once w ground beef. And today w Carne asada beef. This dish is terrific. I'll try the sausage version next time. Only had turnips (the ,US turnip not the same as in Scotland- those are rutabagas hete in the US, I couldn't find any) but they turned out great. Thanks so much for all your recipes! So happy I found your channel!
My grannie and my mum made stovies with the ends of the roast. Brown the onions and add the chopped up roast. Add boiled tatties and any left over gravy. Yum! I was born in Portsoy (not far from Elgin) but live in Vancouver Canada now. Grannie made tablet on a Prius stove in front of a coal fire and sold it, with all proceeds to the Salvation Army. I used to make it but it is too “moreish” to have around. Love watching for the old recipes and listening to the home accent.
That's been a huge debate in our home. Half My family is from Aberdeen. My mother swears by corn beef while My grandfather swears by mince (ground beef).
I've never had stovies before. I made this recipe today and it was so good! I threw a couple of extra spuds in, and a beef stock pot. Easy to cook, really tasty, and very filling. Going to get some oatcakes tomorrow to enjoy with the leftovers (if they survive until then!) I will definitely be making this again soon. Thanks for sharing another great recipe! 😊 💕
I love seeing the different versions of stovies. We've always used mince in my house but I always feel it's a bit too similar to mince and tatties. Maybe one day I'll work up the courage to serve the sausage version!!
Keep it entirely as it is and then add 2 handfuls of slow cooked BBQ pork or braised beef. Melts in the mouth along with the great textures from the stovies!!
Definitely try the sausage version, you won’t be disappointed, make sure to add plenty of white or black pepper, adds to the flavour and is delicious! Use a good quality sausage like Richmonds or a Butchers best.
I love your channel. People in Ireland and Scotland (my age anyways) seem almost embarrassed of their own cuisine but as an immigrant I find it so interesting. Gonna try and make some, wish me luck
I think corned beef would be perfect.! wonder if pickled beet slices would overpower the stovies? On to your oat cake recipe! Your videos are not only easy to follow, they’re cheerful and warm; as important in Minnesota as Scotland!
My Grandmother made this for us when we were kids. She grew up in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. But this is definitely the same recipe. I have been missing this and now that I know the recipe I will make it.
I made this dish today and the whole family loved it....have recently found your channel and am sooo impressed with all that you cook....tomorrow I am making your creamy chicken soup!...thank you Cheryl x
Came for your Scottish shortbread recipe...(will give that a try soon), stayed for your warm welcome, comments while cooking and your soothing voice. Plus, you have so many scrumptious looking recipes to choose from. Yeah, I'm gonna be here awhile. I love traditional, home-style recipes, and strive to try (at least twice) any new recipe just as it's provided. Then, maybe editing to personal preference such as + /- spice or swapping out one meat for another. Thanks, now going to check out your meals of the week. Gotta make my shopping list anyway.. see you again. LK
I made this for our supper tonight, I added a few more root vegetables including sweet potato from my garden and used home canned beef stock. I also used your oat cake recipe to serve with it. I also made a Ginger bread for dessert. This recipe is simple yet Amazing ! Thank you we really enjoyed this meal. This is a recipe my husband has requested I keep making. Thank you again
Total Jasper What's for tea fan! Great vid, I love a great deal of these recipes. Reminds me of my Mom's cooking. My Dad was English/Scottish, so home style cooking! Lol
I’m a kiwi, but my Gran is from a Scottish settlement here called Dunedin. This recipe is one of my favourites, it’s just like she made. I use canned corned beef and just a pinch of stock to make it a little richer in flavour. Thankyou so much for posting this, I may have lost the recipe forever- my gran past recently. Don’t feel to sad about my Gran though. She was a religious woman, and she was suffering a very frightening form of Alzheimers, so wherever she is she’s much happier. My whole family were relieved her suffering was over. Ultimately, I’m glad to be able to experience her cooking again. I wouldn’t have without you. 💖
Love this recipe. I tweaked it a tiny bit as I had no turnips. I used swede, carrots and garden peas. Added a beef stockpot to the water. Plus some tomato puree, Worcester sauce, handful mixed herbs. Thank you so much for this great recipe.
Wonderful recipe....I let it cool & then made pies out of this in my piemaker. All gone before I could blink lol so thank you so much as this will be a repeat meal in my home.
My mother always made Stovies with the leftover Sunday beef joint. It was a lot thicker and darker than the one you made. She also served it with oatcakes. We would have a dollop on our plate, then make a well in the middle, and pour in strong oxo. Delicious.
I love good stovies. Your recipe is identical to mine, apart from... Beef dripping instead of salted butter and good beef stock, that is how I always make my stovies. Both add devastatingly well to the overall end flavour. I also like to leave mine overnight in the fridge before eating them. That lets all the flavours come together beautifully. As a Scot from Broughty Ferry and now living in Rotterdam, stovies are still one of my all time nostalgic comfort foods. Irrestistable when done right.
Very similar to scouse,I use diced lamb and beef mince,topped of with beetroot or pickled cabbage, delish Always better the next day ithink Gonna try ur method looks Lovely
You can’t beat the basic cooking for a nourishing meal. Stick to the plan and you can’t go wrong. Some people will tweet this recipe by adding different spices and sauces but the meal will never compare to the original recipe. So well done! I’ve made it and it’s delicious! So moorish that I’ll be making another pot this weekend, so many thanks for sharing and a happy new year to you from 🏴🎊🎊🍷
That looks GORGEOUS, I'd be tempted to stick a bit of Bisto into it for brown gravy, but I can eat Mince & Spuds with root veg any day of the week, every day come to that lol.
That looks yummy. We made it at school years ago, but i couldnt remember how. My granny used to show me her way melting beef dripping in a tilted pan taking care not to let it stick, and slowly bring all your potatoes in ,onions, and meat i think. A lot of work but oh my...to die for.
Just tried this but used veggie mince and some Marmite and soy sauce to give it a beef flavour. Never made stovies like this before as coming from Aberdeen it was always just brown some onions, ad some chunks of potatoe and a little water,then simmer untill the potatoes are soft. Then when potatoes are soft thicken with beef gravy granuels and then ad some corned beef. It's turned out very nice. Will make again. Thanks.
Thanks for sharing. I had this growing up in Fife many many years ago and if I close my eyes I can still remember the wonderful smell. Mum made the sausage version as well. In your words, to die for! I'll have to see if I can find your video of the sausage version and give it a try!!
My uncle Douglas called this company stew, because if unexpected people showed up. My aunt would add extra potatoes or peas. No one left the table hungry.
Oh my gosh! I grew up eating mince and tatties but it didnt look like this! Your version looks so yummie! The women in my family would have one pot of boiled tatties and one of boiled minced beef with carrots and onions. The meat pot was so runny and bland.. as a kid i added cornstarch.. hot sauce.. anything to make it more appetizing. Haven't had mince and tatties for years but you've inspired me! Thank you!
Thank you so much for this recipe! I have cooked this for me and my girlfriend at least 4 or 5 times just within the last 3-4 Weeks. Perfect comfort food when the days are getting colder, and shorter. Since i didn't have beetroot or turnips on hand, i swapped out the turnips for parsnips, and served it with some pickeld cucumbers! Also some nutmeg goes really well in this dish :)
My granny in Aberdeen always made it with left over meat from the Sunday roast. I like your version too but I use vegan ground. From a homesick Scot thank you for posting
I made this last night and we liked it. I didn't have the turnip/parsnips, but I just added a little bit more of carrot and a little bit of beef broth. I didn't plan ahead yesterday and wanted something new and this hit the spot. With it we had a can of Pilsbury croissants. Thank you for the recipe.
Well .my granny used to grill square onion sliced sausage and sausages .make a wee stock of beef cubes onions and carrot .add the sliced sausage .sausages .and thick sliced potatoes and when potatoes were falling apart thicken with cornflour .sometimes she would add baked beans .It was amazing .There are so many versions but I loved this .Your is great aswell Cheryl .just a wee idea for a change .😊
I used one oxo when I browned the mince and onions. It was delicious. I even put it up on my FB which is unusual for me. Plenty of compliments. I'm making more next week thanks for some good old Scottish cooking techniques. I will be trying the Macaroni cheese next
My mum used to make this and just called it Savoury Mince. It was a family favourite and we'd have it on buttered toast or with toast, bread and butter or damper on the side. It was a great meal for a large family on a very small budget (but a good veggie garden) because it went such a long way, was very tasty and if there was any left over, made a smashing breakfast.
Used to use left over roast beef and bang in whatever gravy was left over too with the water on Mondays, after Sunday roast. They were fantastic also :)
54years ago was the last time I ate stovies. Thank you for bringing them into my life again.I,m going to share them with my Aussie family and friends. Good on you.
Hi love in st helens we call your stovies lobbies in st helens in Liverpool its called scouse and they used the meat left over from Sunday you can use any meat or corned beef .the other day I just did mince and mash my favorite tes or mince poured over chips with bread and butter to mop the gravy up with
Yeah sliced square sausage or slice as it's called Scotland and some good sausages .The best 😋my granny added some baked beans at the end .Believe me it made it even tastier x
Enjoyed watching your video. Little surprised no stock - I use 2 or 3 Oxo cubes for additional flavour - but as you say there's an infinite variety of options. Keep up the great work.
A similar dish was a family staple for us back in the 70's. It used to vary depending on what my Mum had, something from the butcher, various root vegetables and potatoes and an oxo cube. It was cooked in a pressure cooker, and regardless of which meat or veg was used was called pressure cooker stew. It was the first family meal I cooked , under supervision, at 12 years old.
I do the same basic recipe but with afew herbs added as a filling for pasties and pies, never had it as a main but i'll be sure to try it now. Thanks for the recipe, take care god bless.
Lol and here I thought I was making a lazy 1 pot Shepard’s pie during my bachelor years? Find out it has a name. Maybe my original creation isn’t as original as I thought? Might be an early childhood memory from my great grandmother? I’d assume there is an Irish version of the same idea.
Shepherd's pie is minced mutton of lamb, best when left-over from Sunday roast. Think about it - Shepherds look after sheep, not bulls/cows. 'nuf sed. plamuk aka travellingchef
Looks fantastic. It's really interesting to me to see how closely your dishes align with the traditional Appalachian dishes I grew up with. The region was heavily settled by Scots (as well as Irish and English), but I've always heard that the mountains here reminded them of home and that's why they picked it. Loving your channel! With Christmas coming up, I must ask, do you ever make tablet?
I'm about 30 miles from Glasgow, Kentucky. They hold the Highland Games there every year.
I had to look at the map to find Glasgow! I'm actually in southern Ohio, right across the river from Kentucky (most family popped over the river in the early 1900s), but my closest EVERYTHING, distance-wise, is in either Kentucky or West Virginia. More the coal-fields "Hillbilly Days" festival than Highland-games awesomness, which sounds very cool. Do the dishes our lovely channel hostess makes smack of home cooking to you, too?
They do, indeed. Turnips! I'm a Michigan transplant, but I've lived here longer than
up north.
Hi Amalie, yes I imagine there would be lots of similarities :) especially with the food and language. Certain words and phrases spoken by the Appalachians, such as 'poke' (meaning bag) is also used in Scotland :) I do make tablet, and uploaded the recipe a while back....if you click this link, then It will take you straight there: th-cam.com/video/OGHuUVLjwlM/w-d-xo.html
Thanks for stopping by x
Yes, we say poke! Not always, but I've heard it used plenty. I think I only discovered your channel about a month ago, and when I was prowling through, missed your tablet. Going to look now, thank you! :) We don't make it, but earlier in the year I was looking for traditional Christmas recipes for a book where the hero was a Scot, and have been madly curious ever since :)
I made this recipe for my elderly Scottish mother (we live in Australia) and the look on her face was priceless. It took her back to her childhood. Even her accent got thicker. Absolutely delicious, thank you. Subbed!
"Even her accent got thicker," ha.
Believe it or not I got quite emotional watching this; been away from Scotland for nearly 25 years now and haven't had stovies since I left. Brought back all kinds of memories from when I was a bairn. It's one of those things that make us who we are! Will be making this recipe shortly - thanks for making this video :)
jal492 Aw that was lovely to read 😊👍 let me know how it goes....take care, and thanks for watching 💕
It made me emotional as well. I live in Canada, and my Granny was from Scotland. She passed away last year at 97, and this is the dish that reminds me of her. We would go to her house on Sundays for stovies, and she passed the recipe on to me. 💞
I left Scotland in 1981. This makes me feel so very nostalgic. Now Ilive in N S W Australia.Cheers Moira.
My family left in 67 and i am the only one left, My moms stovies always had a gravy on them and the spuds were always darker,
Left Scotlands at 12 years old ,I am now 38 I miss Scotland so much one day I'll head home.
Stovies - I was always told to keep the meat seperate, or use the meat from a Sunday dinner. Boil the veggies together, and then use a masher to mix them together liberally. It was then that the small cut pieces of meat would be added, and heated until steam came onto the lid. This would be served with an accompaniment of bread and butter, gravy or processed peas for thliquid to mix into the dish. We all have our ways, and the video is great for anyone to follow due to the basic method of cooking.
I'd use beef stock instead of water, it's great to add a few tablespoons of worcheshire sauce 15 minuets before it finishes cooking.
Me too, I think some Oxo cubes would liven that up no end
@@davidstorton910 Great minds and all that 🤗
Sheila Cassidy your suggestions sound like it would taste fab on toast!😋
@@gabriellefagan1014 take a tin of Heinz beans, chop a small onion and 120gr mushrooms, sweat the onion and mushroom, add the beans. Add 2 tablespoons of worcheshire sauce, and have that on toast. Or a jacket potato, grate some cheese on top. Its magic 👍
@@davidstorton910 That's what Me and My mother use. It's the way she made them in Aberdeen before moving to the states. We use oxo cubes and dont usually add turnip. Everything else in this recipe we use the same aside from oxo cubes and no turnip.
Having them tonight and I'm fairly excited. I swear I have a large man trapped in a skinny guys body haha.
I live in the US and I absolutely love watching your show I hope you continue to give us true traditional Scottish meals I also enjoy the drive to Scotland on your way to the grocery store keep up the good work I hope to see more soon
My Scottish Granny passed away last year at 97. Every Sunday we went to her house for stovies for dinner.
As much as we all loved it, we never cooked it for ourselves. The treat was having her stovies on Sunday.
She passed her recipe on to me, and I've already made it a couple of times for family potlucks. That recipe is definitely a part of our family history. 💞
Terri MacKay same! When my grandma was alive she was the only person who made them. If my mum ever made them I’d always say “nope they’re not grandmas stovies” Now she’s not here my mum makes them but they’re not the same
What did you have along with the stovies? We always had oatcakes.
@@michellecolledge2355 My Granny would serve it with her homemade chips, and beans and beets for whoever wanted them. I'm a bean person...I've just never been able to get onboard the beet train. 😄
I don't serve it with any sides, because I take it to family potlucks, so there's always lots of other food.
My granny used to make this with sausage I miss it as we now live in the USA and have never found a recipe for it glad I came across you site . I am going to try and make it thIs week thanks again from a Scottish lass from the USA.👍
This looks like a dish we would love! Thanks. I enjoy your videos so much and your lovely Scottish accent! 😊❤
One of my favourite staples growing up...love it and the good memories that go with it.
Thanks for this, i grew up in Dundee and we had stovies at least a couple of times a week, its heaven on a plate. 👍
A popular dinner dish since I came upon this ”Whats for Tea” a few months ago. Thank you and as you say it's so simple to make.
I'm in Edinburgh and I was brought up on Scottish Fare. My family never put meat in until the end and we used only 3 ingredients to start Potatoes diced, Onions diced and Lard( Beef Dripping) rather than Butter with Salt then after that was cooked either Corned Beef or Sausages were added if wanted. I used to put my Stovies on a slice of Plain Bread not Pan Bread as I liked the crusts with HP brown Sauce.
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@@moiradevenny8008Hi,why dripping ? Is that lard cookeen?l didn’t add butter to mine but English stepmom would add oxo cube and great flavour.x
This dish and the way you prepared it - and even the acknowledgement to the cat - reminds me of me luvly Liverpudlian mum.
Miss you, Mom. Happy Christmas. xoxox
I love all your recipes, reminds me of my gran's cooking when I was a lad. Miss those meals, haven't had them in donkeys years. My gran was Scottish, most of my family is from Nova Scotia.
My husband loved it! Thanks so much for sharing! I absolutely will make this again and again! Watching from El Reno, Oklahoma. 😊
As an old fart Scotsman born and raised in Aberdeen, now living in California. This made me smile.
Between my grannie, mum and aunty Margaret, they all taught me to cook or left lasting impressions that I can improvise on.
Nobody in my lifetime has made Stovies from Scratch. It's always from leftovers, never the same twice 😉
However, great recipe and I enjoyed the video 🤗😋
I AM ABERDEEN BORN AND BRED NEAR 80YRS AGO I AM LOOKING FOR A RECIPIE ON HOW TO COOK STOVIES IN A NEW FANGLED IDEA OD AN AIR FRYER BUT CAT FIND ONE SO IT IS BACK TO THE AULD TATTIE POT WE GOT IN A WEDDING PRESEN 60YRAGO
I am so glad you made this recipe! In Mexico, we have a similar dish called "picadillo" . Instead of using root vegetables, we use tomato. It's a lovely dish for a cold day. We eat it with white bread. Delicious!
So glad I saw this. It reminded me of my grandmother's cooking. Simple, comforting and delicious.
This takes me back my Mum from Kirkintilloch used to make this for my brothers and I Can’t wait to try it 💕from 🇨🇦 Liz I love your channel
I do my stovies with link sausages. I enjoy the flavour better and the more black pepper and salt over every layer of sliced potatoes the better the flavour. 🤤 I build it in the pot like a lasagne. Onion, carrot & turnip layer, sliced potato layer salt and pepper, sausage layer then gravy, and repeat until the pot is full. The kids love it and it’s cheap, cheerful and filling! Great for those on a budget. PS your recipes have been a godsend to me since i moved to the middle east! A huge thank you! ❤
My grunnie always made stovies on a Monday. She used the left over beef or chicken and gravy and any veg etc. She didn't like peely-wally stovies as she called them. Her stovies were lush and served with oatcakes, pickled beetroot and broon sauce if preferred.. No matter what i do or try, mine never tastes like my beloved grunnie's did. Will defo try the steak mince ones. Thankyou for the upload, greatly appreciated. :)
This is a favorite in my household, thanks to you! Gives my husband a taste of home and my daughter has requested it every week! Have a lovely week! xx
It's fab isn't it! :) Have a great week x
Love this. Great traditional cooking. No fuss NO faff but great taste and so filling. Xx
I make this periodically when I feel the need for comfort food. I always watch the video first, not because I need instruction, but because I love hearing you talk. You remind me of my Scottish grandmother who was from Arbroath. She was the person I loved most in the world.
Made these stovies twice. Once w ground beef. And today w Carne asada beef. This dish is terrific. I'll try the sausage version next time. Only had turnips (the ,US turnip not the same as in Scotland- those are rutabagas hete in the US, I couldn't find any) but they turned out great. Thanks so much for all your recipes! So happy I found your channel!
Looks like my Shepard's pie all mixed together instead of layered. Love carrots, turnip and potatoes all mixed together.
I believe you are simply Brilliant! I absolutely love each and every recipe I have tried.
My grannie and my mum made stovies with the ends of the roast. Brown the onions and add the chopped up roast. Add boiled tatties and any left over gravy. Yum! I was born in Portsoy (not far from Elgin) but live in Vancouver Canada now. Grannie made tablet on a Prius stove in front of a coal fire and sold it, with all proceeds to the Salvation Army. I used to make it but it is too “moreish” to have around. Love watching for the old recipes and listening to the home accent.
Love stovies. My mum used to make them with a tin of corned beef. She was from Dundee, Scotland. ❤ from 🇦🇺
my mum used to make them with cornbeef as well and im from dundee as well
That's been a huge debate in our home. Half My family is from Aberdeen. My mother swears by corn beef while My grandfather swears by mince (ground beef).
Cornbeef for stoves.. Mince for tatties and mince, I'm from dundee.
I think corned beef would be perfect.!
My Mum was from Dundee too. I still have some family there.
I've never had stovies before. I made this recipe today and it was so good! I threw a couple of extra spuds in, and a beef stock pot. Easy to cook, really tasty, and very filling. Going to get some oatcakes tomorrow to enjoy with the leftovers (if they survive until then!)
I will definitely be making this again soon. Thanks for sharing another great recipe! 😊 💕
I love seeing the different versions of stovies. We've always used mince in my house but I always feel it's a bit too similar to mince and tatties. Maybe one day I'll work up the courage to serve the sausage version!!
Keep it entirely as it is and then add 2 handfuls of slow cooked BBQ pork or braised beef. Melts in the mouth along with the great textures from the stovies!!
Definitely try the sausage version, you won’t be disappointed, make sure to add plenty of white or black pepper, adds to the flavour and is delicious! Use a good quality sausage like Richmonds or a Butchers best.
I love your channel. People in Ireland and Scotland (my age anyways) seem almost embarrassed of their own cuisine but as an immigrant I find it so interesting. Gonna try and make some, wish me luck
Absolutely beautiful and easy to follow - thank you
I think corned beef would be perfect.! wonder if pickled beet slices would overpower the stovies? On to your oat cake recipe! Your videos are not only easy to follow, they’re cheerful and warm; as important in Minnesota as Scotland!
Thank you for this recipe. My husband loves it!
My Grandmother made this for us when we were kids. She grew up in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. But this is definitely the same recipe. I have been missing this and now that I know the recipe I will make it.
I made this dish today and the whole family loved it....have recently found your channel and am sooo impressed with all that you cook....tomorrow I am making your creamy chicken soup!...thank you Cheryl x
Just discovered this channel. Brilliant down home cooking, this is what home is all about.
Lovely, never heard of this...going to make this soon...as soon as I can figure out the measurement conversion ---USA. Thanks for sharing.
yea've tae pit yur willeh innit.... *translate Glaswegians?....LMFAO
Came for your Scottish shortbread recipe...(will give that a try soon), stayed for your warm welcome, comments while cooking and your soothing voice. Plus, you have so many scrumptious looking recipes to choose from. Yeah, I'm gonna be here awhile. I love traditional, home-style recipes, and strive to try (at least twice) any new recipe just as it's provided. Then, maybe editing to personal preference such as + /- spice or swapping out one meat for another. Thanks, now going to check out your meals of the week. Gotta make my shopping list anyway.. see you again. LK
Thanks so much for your lovely comments x
I like these tasty one pot meals. For me they're what the term convenience food should mean. And you can make them on a budget.
Exactly Christopher! Simple, easy, inexpensive & tasty :) x
Oh my heavens. Another delicious gem of a recipe. I can't wait to try 😀
I made this for our supper tonight, I added a few more root vegetables including sweet potato from my garden and used home canned beef stock. I also used your oat cake recipe to serve with it. I also made a Ginger bread for dessert. This recipe is simple yet Amazing ! Thank you we really enjoyed this meal. This is a recipe my husband has requested I keep making. Thank you again
We make it with slice (square sausage) instead of mince x
Eaten from a bowl with a spoon and a plain piece to soak up the gravy !x
square sausage!!!... * drool!!.... canny get in Canada, yer killin' me!!
Lorne?
urabampot make your own square sausage! Simple! Easy recipes on here!
thats the way ma granny and ma maw make it, some plain bread with plenty of butter
Total Jasper What's for tea fan! Great vid, I love a great deal of these recipes. Reminds me of my Mom's cooking. My Dad was English/Scottish, so home style cooking! Lol
I’m a kiwi, but my Gran is from a Scottish settlement here called Dunedin. This recipe is one of my favourites, it’s just like she made. I use canned corned beef and just a pinch of stock to make it a little richer in flavour. Thankyou so much for posting this, I may have lost the recipe forever- my gran past recently.
Don’t feel to sad about my Gran though. She was a religious woman, and she was suffering a very frightening form of Alzheimers, so wherever she is she’s much happier. My whole family were relieved her suffering was over.
Ultimately, I’m glad to be able to experience her cooking again. I wouldn’t have without you. 💖
Love this recipe.
I tweaked it a tiny bit as I had no turnips.
I used swede, carrots and garden peas.
Added a beef stockpot to the water. Plus some tomato puree, Worcester sauce, handful mixed herbs.
Thank you so much for this great recipe.
Wonderful recipe....I let it cool & then made pies out of this in my piemaker. All gone before I could blink lol so thank you so much as this will be a repeat meal in my home.
I,m a Scot that,s lived away from home for ten years.My mouth is watering it looks amazing!xx
Thanks for your lovely comment :) x
My mother always made Stovies with the leftover Sunday beef joint. It was a lot thicker and darker than the one you made. She also served it with oatcakes. We would have a dollop on our plate, then make a well in the middle, and pour in strong oxo. Delicious.
Looks lovely. Thanks for the recipe. Regards from Yorkshire
I am enjoying the recipes and the scenery as well, Beautiful!
Thank you Kris, lovely to see you and thanks for stopping by x
I love good stovies. Your recipe is identical to mine, apart from... Beef dripping instead of salted butter and good beef stock, that is how I always make my stovies. Both add devastatingly well to the overall end flavour. I also like to leave mine overnight in the fridge before eating them. That lets all the flavours come together beautifully. As a Scot from Broughty Ferry and now living in Rotterdam, stovies are still one of my all time nostalgic comfort foods. Irrestistable when done right.
Hello Ferry, Greetings from Arbroath 😅
Very similar to scouse,I use diced lamb and beef mince,topped of with beetroot or pickled cabbage, delish
Always better the next day ithink
Gonna try ur method looks
Lovely
Hiya :) I just done a recipe for Scouse! Check out my new videos...I done it last week x
You can’t beat the basic cooking for a nourishing meal. Stick to the plan and you can’t go wrong. Some people will tweet this recipe by adding different spices and sauces but the meal will never compare to the original recipe. So well done! I’ve made it and it’s delicious! So moorish that I’ll be making another pot this weekend, so many thanks for sharing and a happy new year to you from 🏴🎊🎊🍷
My Scottish neighbour in Canada ate this for Xmas dinner to the amazement of his turkey eating wife and kids 🤔🇨🇦
Regina Saskatchewan here..... originally from Lanarkshire SCotland!!..... Stovies and tatties n mince.... canny whack it!!
I love your name!
That looks GORGEOUS, I'd be tempted to stick a bit of Bisto into it for brown gravy, but I can eat Mince & Spuds with root veg any day of the week, every day come to that lol.
That looks yummy. We made it at school years ago, but i couldnt remember how. My granny used to show me her way melting beef dripping in a tilted pan taking care not to let it stick, and slowly bring all your potatoes in ,onions, and meat i think. A lot of work but oh my...to die for.
We ate this growing up at least once a week. I loved it.
Gonna try this version looks amazing. The Geordie version is similar but with added cabbage peas leak on a slow cook. Thanks.
Just tried this but used veggie mince and some Marmite and soy sauce to give it a beef flavour. Never made stovies like this before as coming from Aberdeen it was always just brown some onions, ad some chunks of potatoe and a little water,then simmer untill the potatoes are soft. Then when potatoes are soft thicken with beef gravy granuels and then ad some corned beef. It's turned out very nice. Will make again. Thanks.
Thanks for sharing. I had this growing up in Fife many many years ago and if I close my eyes I can still remember the wonderful smell. Mum made the sausage version as well. In your words, to die for! I'll have to see if I can find your video of the sausage version and give it a try!!
My uncle Douglas called this company stew, because if unexpected people showed up. My aunt would add extra potatoes or peas. No one left the table hungry.
Brilliant! :) I love that
Nice
Oh my gosh! I grew up eating mince and tatties but it didnt look like this! Your version looks so yummie! The women in my family would have one pot of boiled tatties and one of boiled minced beef with carrots and onions. The meat pot was so runny and bland.. as a kid i added cornstarch.. hot sauce.. anything to make it more appetizing. Haven't had mince and tatties for years but you've inspired me! Thank you!
Thank you so much for this recipe! I have cooked this for me and my girlfriend at least 4 or 5 times just within the last 3-4 Weeks. Perfect comfort food when the days are getting colder, and shorter. Since i didn't have beetroot or turnips on hand, i swapped out the turnips for parsnips, and served it with some pickeld cucumbers! Also some nutmeg goes really well in this dish :)
Thank you for sharing your wonderful recipes, you have the voice of an angel. God Bless You 🙏✝️❤️
Perfect on a cold winter's night! Anything with turnips is good!!
My granny in Aberdeen always made it with left over meat
from the Sunday roast. I like your version too but I use
vegan ground. From a homesick Scot thank you for posting
i hope its made from real Vegan!!!
Stovies is the ultimate comfort food! ❤️
Awe braw thankyou for such a lovely video tae watch, cheers for yer time and effort. Awa tae mak a pot noo.! Ya Canny whack it x.
haw, its the Broons!!.... geroot here ahn gee uza haun wea it wull yea?.... *translate that Glaswegians!!
Loved this when ma auld Granda Charlie made this for us when we were wains.
Lovely hen, your such a great wee cook and I’ve tried a lot of your recipes,some I’d forgotten about 😄😄
I made this last night and we liked it. I didn't have the turnip/parsnips, but I just added a little bit more of carrot and a little bit of beef broth. I didn't plan ahead yesterday and wanted something new and this hit the spot. With it we had a can of Pilsbury croissants. Thank you for the recipe.
I've made this but with lard instead with butter
the same for watery mince
magic!
My mum made these with potatoes, onions and beef dripping. AtvUni the Union made them using the left overs from Sunday roast dinner
I was brought up on stovies but it was water potatoes onions and butter I loved them
Thanks for this video. I like stovies but I LOVE LOVE LOVE listening to Scots. Greetings from the Bavarian Highlands (alpine belt) 🏴💙🏴
Amazing oat cakes sounds great but I've just tried it with beetroot and it's out of this world good what a great idea thanks
Well .my granny used to grill square onion sliced sausage and sausages .make a wee stock of beef cubes onions and carrot .add the sliced sausage .sausages .and thick sliced potatoes and when potatoes were falling apart thicken with cornflour .sometimes she would add baked beans .It was amazing .There are so many versions but I loved this .Your is great aswell Cheryl .just a wee idea for a change .😊
Looks really good for a cold winter day! I will have to try it. 🙂
Easy. That's MY KIND OF COOKIN' EASY. and oh yeah, btw, TASTY. !! Thanks for sharing
This looks fabulous! will make it this week..thank you!
I used one oxo when I browned the mince and onions. It was delicious. I even put it up on my FB which is unusual for me. Plenty of compliments. I'm making more next week thanks for some good old Scottish cooking techniques. I will be trying the Macaroni cheese next
I love a good mince, I know what I'm making tomorrow night! Thank you for sharing.
@Richard Peddie Thank you for the correction.😊
That;s what I love about Stovies there are so many different ways to make them.
My mum used to make this and just called it Savoury Mince. It was a family favourite and we'd have it on buttered toast or with toast, bread and butter or damper on the side. It was a great meal for a large family on a very small budget (but a good veggie garden) because it went such a long way, was very tasty and if there was any left over, made a smashing breakfast.
Mmmmmm… What a wonderful recipe I could almost taste it when you dish it out…!
I tried it and it was delicious!! New family fav!
Used to use left over roast beef and bang in whatever gravy was left over too with the water on Mondays, after Sunday roast. They were fantastic also :)
looks like the perfect dish for a cold night ;) thanks for sharing
54years ago was the last time I ate stovies. Thank you for bringing them into my life again.I,m going to share them with my Aussie family and friends. Good on you.
Hi love in st helens we call your stovies lobbies in st helens in Liverpool its called scouse and they used the meat left over from Sunday you can use any meat or corned beef .the other day I just did mince and mash my favorite tes or mince poured over chips with bread and butter to mop the gravy up with
That looks so very very delicious!!! Yummy recipe! Thank you for sharing! 😍
My dad used to love this and his preferred meat was with Sausages.
Yeah sliced square sausage or slice as it's called Scotland and some good sausages .The best 😋my granny added some baked beans at the end .Believe me it made it even tastier x
Enjoyed watching your video.
Little surprised no stock - I use 2 or 3 Oxo cubes for additional flavour - but as you say there's an infinite variety of options.
Keep up the great work.
I just made this today. It turned out very well. I have been cooking for 30 years and I have never used turnips in anything until today.
A similar dish was a family staple for us back in the 70's. It used to vary depending on what my Mum had, something from the butcher, various root vegetables and potatoes and an oxo cube. It was cooked in a pressure cooker, and regardless of which meat or veg was used was called pressure cooker stew.
It was the first family meal I cooked , under supervision, at 12 years old.
I do the same basic recipe but with afew herbs added as a filling for pasties and pies, never had it as a main but i'll be sure to try it now. Thanks for the recipe, take care god bless.
sounds so delicious. BTW your stove shines so very clean... You are wonderful
Lol and here I thought I was making a lazy 1 pot Shepard’s pie during my bachelor years? Find out it has a name. Maybe my original creation isn’t as original as I thought? Might be an early childhood memory from my great grandmother? I’d assume there is an Irish version of the same idea.
Shepherd's pie is minced mutton of lamb, best when left-over from Sunday roast. Think about it - Shepherds look after sheep, not bulls/cows.
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