Thursday 23 October 2008

Recipe - Scottish Casserole | Recept - Skottegryta


Talk about a trip down memory lane. This was a attempt to recreate a dish they used to serve for lunch at school when I was a kid. Yes, they did actually have things like kitchens and stuff when I was a kid. ;)

This is called Scottish Casserole, Skottegryta in Swedish, and I guess it was a reference to the notion that the Scots are known for being a bit tight on the money as this is a very frugal dish. These days we all know that it is just a national stereotype that the Scottish are tight bastards. *Nods towards Mr Lynch, a very nice and generous manager of Scottish descent* :)

I searched for a recipe for this dish on Google but all I could find was people posting that they couldn't find a recipe for it. Helpful, really helpful. So I had to try and remember what it tasted like and then figure out how to cook it.

So, this is what I came up with. Use it as a base and then work from there. I could almost say, freestyle it.

Ingredients (serves 2 -4)
400ml beef stock
500g beef mince
1kg potatoes, peeled and cut into 3mm slices
1 onion, halved and thinly sliced
Olive oil
Butter
Salt
Pepper
Pickled gherkins, sliced

Method
Preheat the oven to 200c.

Heat the oil in a frying pan and fry the seasoned mince until nicely browned.

Grease an ovenproof dish with butter.

Layer the potato slices,onion and mince in the buttered dish - finishing with a layer of potatoes. Pour the beef stock over it all.

Place the tray in the middle of the oven and cook for 60 - 75 minutes or until the potatoes are nice and soft and cooked to your liking.

Serve with sliced gherkins.

Enjoy!

5 comments:

  1. We never had anything like this when I was growing up! This looks good.

    -DTW
    www.everydaycookin.blogspot.com

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  2. I do believe that there might be one or two culinary, as well as cultural, differences between where you and me grew up. ;)

    It's a good casserole though, give it a go and see what you think.

    // Mike

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  3. Aldrig sett eller hört talas om något liknande! Låter ju ganska gott!

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  4. Sitter och letar efter recept på min favvo rätt från mellanstadiet. Skall testa ditt recept. Tusen tack

    Emma

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  5. Emma,

    Skoj att du hittade hit. Jag hoppas att receptet funkade ok for dig?

    Jag vet inte om det har kanske var nagot som kallades for olika saker runt om i landet men jag ar fortfarande ganska forvanad att det inte finns fler recept pa natet.

    // Mike

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