A traditional Scottish recipe for using up leftovers
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I'm sure everyone has their own recipe for stovies - even if they don't know it! Most countries have some dish for using up leftovers: Spanish Tortilla, Italian Arancini, Irish Colcannon, Klatkager, Pytt i Panna, Bubble and Squeak, etc, etc.
This is Stovies - a traditional Scottish dish. Heart-warming and tummy-filling. In this case I'm not using much in the way of leftovers - apart from some kale. Square sausage is another Scottish foible, but any sausage will do - good fat content is useful. If you're doing a vegan version - don't stint on oil. The important thing is to use no water - let the potatoes gradually disintegrate over time; you get some texture and some bits - not a smooth mash.
INGREDIENTS
lots of potatoes
onion
square sausage (or sausage meat scooped out of a sausage)
kale (in this case)
salt and pepper
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METHOD
Coarsely slice the onion
Cut the potatoes into good-sized chunks
Don't peel them: there is SO MUCH goodness in the skins (but do scrub them...)
Dice the sausage - or scoop out the sausage if you don't have an equivalent to the Scottish "square slice"
Pop the sausage into a pot on a medium heat
If you're going meat-free, just heat up some oil at this point
Once the sausage has released its fat (or the oil is heated up), add the onions
Stir.
Add everything else
Salt and a good bit of pepper
After an hour give it another stir and cover it again
Check it to make sure it's not sticking. Adjust the heat as necessary
Leave it for another hour or hour-and-a-half. If the potatoes have partially collapsed and you have a lumpy mess - you're done.
Serve with oatcakes. some folk like brown sauce - I'm partial to some hot sauce.
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