Minced beef & tatties
Serves: 4
Prep time: 20 minsTotal time: 
Recipe photograph by Toby Scott
Minced beef & tatties
A Scottish classic. Freeze half the mince mixture if you’re cooking for two. Serve with mustard or horseradish
Serves: 4
Prep time: 20 minsTotal time: 
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Nutritional information (per serving)
Calories
735Kcal
Fat
31gr
Saturates
12gr
Carbs
75gr
Sugars
12gr
Fibre
10gr
Protein
33gr
Salt
1.7gr
Tamsin Burnett-Hall
Tamsin learned the tricks of the trade from cookery legend Delia Smith. A trusted recipe writer for the magazine for over 25 years, she is now our Senior Food Producer, overseeing testing and editing to ensure that every recipe tastes great, is straightforward to follow and works without fail. In her home kitchen, Tamsin creates fuss-free flavour-packed food for friends and family, with baking being her ultimate form of comfort cooking
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Tamsin Burnett-Hall
Tamsin learned the tricks of the trade from cookery legend Delia Smith. A trusted recipe writer for the magazine for over 25 years, she is now our Senior Food Producer, overseeing testing and editing to ensure that every recipe tastes great, is straightforward to follow and works without fail. In her home kitchen, Tamsin creates fuss-free flavour-packed food for friends and family, with baking being her ultimate form of comfort cooking
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Ingredients
- 2 tbsp vegetable oil
- 2 medium onions, finely chopped
- 2 carrots, peeled and diced
- 1 stick of celery, diced
- 500g beef mince (we used 12% fat mince)
- 1.2kg potatoes
- 4 tbsp plain flour
- 450ml beef stock
- 2 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
- 50g butter
Step by step
- Heat the oil in a large, deep frying pan or casserole. Add the onion, carrot and celery and cook for 5 minutes over a medium-high heat, stirring occasionally, until starting to soften. Add the mince and brown over a high heat for 5 minutes, stirring to break up the meat.
- Peel and roughly chop the potatoes. Cook in boiling, salted water for 15 minutes or until tender.
- Mix the flour into the mince mixture, then gradually add the stock, stirring to combine well. Bring to a simmer and add the Worcestershire sauce and season to taste. Simmer uncovered for 15 minutes.
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Drain the potatoes, season, and mash with the butter. Serve with the mince.TipSlim it down
Use just 1 tbsp oil, and 5% fat beef mince. Mash the potatoes with milk or low fat soft cheese.
Make it veggie
Replace the beef with Quorn mince or a can of lentils, rinsed and drained. Use vegetable stock instead of beef, and 1 tbsp each of soy sauce and ketchup in place of Worcestershire sauce.
