I have a bunch of turnips and a bunch of potatoes and thought I would make “Neeps and tatties” tonight.
The problem is I have never had it and am having trouble picturing what it should look like.
Recipes online call for boiling the potatoes and the turnips separately, then mashing them separately. Are they mashed very smooth, or coarsely? Do I butter them? How do I serve them - together in one serving dish, or separate dishes?
I’m planning to serve them with lamb chops. Will I offend any Scots is I do that?
Thanks in advance for any light you can shed on neeps & tatties.
I’ve never looked at a recipe for neeps and tatties. However whenever I make it, I cook them together (just make the chunks the same size as you boil them), mash them together, and serve them in a dish with plenty of black pepper and butter on top. I mash mine pretty coarsely, again with black pepper and butter, maybe a little milk, a pinch of salt, but I’d guess that you can mash them however you want. You’re the one eating it, after all!
No Swedish/yellow turnip, unfortunately, just white turnips.
But, in a shocking turn of events, it didn’t matter because my turnips betrayed me by going bad when I wasn’t looking (things sometimes freeze then thaw in one of my vegetable drawers. :mad: )
If you have another chance with turnips and taters, I highly recommend Himmel und Erde (Heaven and Earth). Cook chunked, peeled apples (that’s the Heaven part) with the root vegetables (Earth, obviously). Mash them all together. I like to add some sour cream. And butter, of course.
I feel the urge to contribute something to this thread…
If you get the opportunity, the key is to keep it simple. Boil separately, mash roughly, season with salt and pepper and add a little butter. You do need the haggis, though, to set them off. Oh and I also like lashing of malt vinegar with my haggis, neeps and tatties, but that could just be me and my strange palate.
Ooh, you just reminded me that it’s getting close to Burn’s night. Mmmmmmm…
My flatmate’s company are sending him and a plus one to a really posh Burn’s supper. I’m the plus one. The menu is cullen skink; haggis, neeps & tatties with whisky sauce served on an Aberdeen Angus steak with a side of skirlie; and cranachan.
Yes, I will be eating haggis served on an Aberdeen Angus steak. It… it’s possibly the greatest thing that’s ever happened to me. It’s definitely the most Scottish meal I’ve ever seen.