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| Place of origin | Scotland |
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| Main ingredients | Potatoes, often onions, meat |
Stovies (also stovy tatties, stoved potatoes, stovers or stovocks) [1] [2] [3] is a Scottish dish based on potatoes. Recipes and ingredients vary widely but the dish contains potatoes, fat, usually onions [1] and often pieces of meat. [1] [2] In some versions, other vegetables may be added. [4]
The potatoes are cooked by slow stewing in a closed pot with fat (lard, beef dripping or butter) [1] [5] and often a small amount of water [1] or other liquids, such as milk, stock or meat jelly. [1] [4] Stovies may be served accompanied by cold meat [1] or oatcakes [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] and, sometimes, pickled beetroot. [11] [12]
"To stove" means "to stew" in Scots. [2] [13] [3] The term is from the French adjective étuvé [14] which translates as braised. [15] [16] Versions without meat may be termed barfit and those with meat as high-heelers. [3]
