Black Pudding Cottage Pie with Creamy Spring Onion Mash

Happy New Year everyone!

First of all, I’d like to announce that Noble Nourishment turned TWO on the 4th Jan, Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay! I can’t believe it’s been two whole years since that first, tentative post!

I’d also like to announce that the Fairy Hobmother has paid me a visit! 😀

She also goes by the name of Jenny, from Appliances Online. They sent me this wonderful gift!

 

 

I was sent this amazing food blender, after making a wish on the comments page of “A Glug of Oil“. I can’t wait to try out some lovely smoothies! 😀

Jenny would also like to grant wishes to other food bloggers, so if you make a wish in the comments section to this post, you could be receiving an email from her very shortly! 😀

Without further adieu, lets start 2012 with a Noble Nourishment Original recipe 😀 and a bloody good one at that, I have to say!

Remember the time I made the haggis cottage pie, and said I’d like to try it with black pudding? Well… here it is, in all its splendour!

I originally wanted to make a clapshot topping, but the chives in the supermarket were looking… decidedly dodgy :\ so… I opted for a creamy spring onion mash. It. Was. Sublime.

Here’s what I did:

 

 Ingredients (Serves 4)

  • 500g beef mince
  • 150g black pudding (or 3 black pudding discs)
  • 1 x Oxo cube
  • 200ml water
  • 1kg potatoes
  • 6 spring onions
  • 100ml cream
  • 50g butter (for the mash… optional)

First, I browned the mince, sprinkled over an Oxo cube and poured in the 200ml water. I let it simmer for 30mins.

I also boiled my potatoes (20mins).

I crumbled the black pudding into the mince, and let it cook for a further 10mins.

 

I mixed it thoroughly until it was fully integrated with the mince, then spread it into my oven-proof dish:

 

I mashed the potatoes and stirred in the cream, butter and chopped spring onions. I plopped it on top of the mince/black pudding mixture and baked in a preheated oven (180 degrees) for 20mins. And voila…

 

I served up with some lovely broccoli!

 

This is soooo easy to make; I’d recommend it to anyone: especially those who are looking for an easy transition to the scary world of black pudding!

For those who love black pudding, go ahead and put more in! Three discs (or 150g) gave a very nice, rich flavour; you could taste it through the mince, but not overwhelmingly so.

It’s great for lunch the next day, too!

Give it a shot and let me know how you get on 😀 x

And remember to make a wish!


9 Comments

  1. Jan

    Yay to the Fairy Hobmother sending you a blender!
    Yay again to your blog being 2 years old! And, what a nice idea – black pudding cottage pie – yum!

  2. Edible Rose

    Oh yum! Stupid detox! I will have to bookmark so I can treat myself as soon as I have been healthy for long enough to warrant one!

    I cant help but make a fairy hob mother wish too – I put an electric ice cream maker (the ones where you dont have to freeze the bowl) on my christmas wish list but sadly santa didnt manage to include it under the tree for me. I am DYING to get one and make my own ice cream!!

    Thanks for the recipe 🙂

    1. Catherine

      Thanks, Rose! 😀 I’m confident it will be worth the wait! Oooh that ice cream maker sounds good – fingers crossed the Fairy Hobmother can help you out in time for the end of your detox! 🙂

  3. The Recipe Chef

    This is truly fantastic. I love Black pudding but don’t get to eat it much as my wife hates the stuff. I live quite close to Bury which is the home of black pudding and they queue round the block on a Saturday to get hold of it.
    I am still yet to get a visit from the Fairy Hobmother and I am wishing for a new mixer jut like Nigellas or dare I say her name Ina Garten.
    Happy Birthday keep up the good work, I love your blogs they are the most honest bits of food writing I get to read 🙂

    1. Catherine

      Yaaaaaaay I’m glad you like it, Rick! That’s so quaint about the queue round the block, it’s always in overflowing supply round here!

      Awww I shall keep my fingers and toes crossed for your mixer! Thanks for your lovely comments about the blog; I’m very chuffed! 😀

  4. Catherine D

    I would just love a blender just like yours. I have never won anything in my life but decided it was worth a try. Fingers and toes are crossed. It’s good fun even if I am not lucky this time. Thanks for the opportunity to enter.
    Catherine D

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