Clapshot

Name: Clapshot
Total time: 40 min
Cuisine: Scottish
Ingredients: 500g floury potatoes, peeled and cut into chunks; 500g swede, peeled and cut into chunks; 50g butter; 3 tbsp chives, finely snipped; 0.25 tsp ground nutmeg; 1 tsp ground black pepper

Orkney mash of potato and swede with butter and chives, lovely with sausages or haggis.

Time40 mins
LevelEasy
Costabout £0.41 a head

Cost is worked out from Aldi and Tesco shelf prices in October 2026. Your shop and brands will differ.

4 servings

Ingredients

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500 gfloury potatoespeeled and cut into chunks
500 gswedepeeled and cut into chunks
50 gbutter
3 tbspchivesfinely snipped
¼ tspground nutmeg
1 tspground black pepper

Method

1
Put the potatoes and swede in a large pan of salted water. Bring to the boil and cook for 20 minutes, until both are very tender.
20 min
2
Drain well and leave in the pan for 2 minutes so the steam escapes.
2 min
3
Add the butter, nutmeg and pepper. Mash until mostly smooth, leaving a little texture.
4
Stir in most of the chives and taste for seasoning.
5
Serve hot with the rest of the chives on top.

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