Mince and Tatties (Easy Ground Beef Recipe)

Traditional Scottish mince and Tatties is a family midweek meal that consists of tender minced beef with carrots, onions, and green peas served near creamy mashed potatoes. It’s an ideal midweek meal if you want to cook something quick and delicious for your family.

Is Mince and Tatties Healthy?

To get a healthy meal in the end, it is necessary to use fresh meat and vegetables. It would also be a good thing to use homemade vegetables or meat broth.

What is Scottish Mince and Tatties?

It’s basically ground beef with root vegetables and hearty gravy with mashed potatoes that originates from Scotland to England. It is very easy to make from a few simple ingredients that you can find in your fridge.

Tips for Success? How to Make It Better?

• Use meat that has a fat percentage of 12-15%.
• Use homemade vegetable or meat broth.
• Choose higher starch potatoes like Russets or Yukon Golds. These will get you the fluffiest, smoothest, and most flavor-packed mash.
• Use butter from the farm to get a puree with a more intense taste.
• After you have added the flour, fry the whole composition a little to intensify both the taste of the meat and the vegetables.

Why You Will Love This Recipe?

• This is a quick recipe. You will need less than one hour from start to finish.
• You will need only ingredients that you always have at hand.
• You can prepare it ahead.
• It’s a budget-friendly recipe.
• It is a dish that is easy to cook for a larger number of people. If you have a larger family, this dish can be a good option for you.
• If you have kids – they will love this dish.

Ingredients Needed for This Recipe?

• 1 lb (454 grams) of Potatoes.
• 1 medium Onion. Diced or minced.
• 1 lb (454 grams) of Minced Beef. Ideally to use meat that has 12-15% fat.
• 1/2 cup of Frozen Green Peas.
• 2 medium Carrots.
• 1 small stick of celery, diced.
• 1 tablespoon of all-purpose flour.
• 1 tablespoon of Worcestershire Sauce
• 1 cup of Vegetable Broth.
• 7 tablespoons (100 grams) of Butter.
• Milk to taste.
• Salt and Pepper to taste.
• Garlic optionally.

Ingredients Swap?

• Minced beef. You could replace the beef minced meat with other types of meat, such as minced pork, or lamb. Just be careful not to use dry meat.
• Vegetables. I used apio celery, but you can also use celery roots, parsnips, or other roots. Also, a good fit in this recipe would be the taste of zucchini, tomatoes, or hot peppers if you prefer spicy food.
• Green peas. If you prefer a sweeter taste, you could partially replace the peas with sweet corn.
• Worcestershire Sauce. If you want to diversify the taste of the dish, you could replace it with soy sauce.

How to Make This Recipe Vegetarian / Vegan?

If you want to opt for a vegetarian or vegan option, you could replace minced meat with minced lentils. Use vegetable broth instead. The butter, you could replace it with olive oil or another type of oil you prefer. Also, I will not advise using coconut oil because its aroma does not match the rest of the ingredients.

How to Scale the Recipe Up and Down?

Don’t be afraid to modify the proportion of vegetables and meat. If you prefer vegetables, you could add more vegetables, and if your family and friends are avid meat lovers, increase the proportion of the meat. This recipe does not involve fixed quantities of a particular product, so do not be afraid to experiment.

Slow Cooker & Instant Pot Instructions

If you want to prepare the mince and tatties in a slow cooker, you can follow the same recipe by browning the beef and vegetables then transferring them to a slow cooker with 1 cup of vegetable broth. Set the timer to 6 hours on low heat or 4 hours to high.

If you plan to prepare this recipe in an Instant pot, select the “Sauté” function to brown the meat and vegetables. After that, cook them on high pressure for 30 minutes.

Step-by-Step Detailed Recipe:

As the potatoes need a little more time to boil, we will start with them. For that, wash well the potatoes, peel them, and cut them into cubes of about 1 “. Put the potatoes in a large pan to boil. When the water starts to boil, add a tablespoon of salt. Let the potatoes boil, and let’s jump to the gravy that we are going to prepare.

For this, take a pan, melt the butter in it or just use olive oil. After that, brown the chopped onions for about 2-3 minutes.

When the onions start to become transparent, add the meat to the pan and mix well the ingredients. Let them cook for another 10 minutes.

Add vegetables and all-purpose flour. Mix all the ingredients and fry them a little to intensify their taste. This will take us another 5 minutes.

Add the sauce and the vegetable broth. Mix everything well and cover with a lid. Let everything cook for another 30 minutes.

In the meantime, return to the potatoes and check if they are cooked. When they are ready, remove the water from the pan and add the butter over the potatoes.

Grind the potatoes well and adjust the salt to your taste. If you prefer a softer consistency, add a little milk over the potatoes until you get the desired consistency. Mix everything well and our easy and delicious puree is ready to be served.

Serve the meat sauce over the puree. For extra freshness, on the plate, add over some fresh aromatic herbs. I used chopped parsley.

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