# Festive Rumbledethumps

This traditional Scottish dish features mashed potatoes with onions and cabbage, topped with cheese and baked.

- Servings: 6 servings
- Total time: 40 min
- Cuisine: British
- Category: Side
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 4 large baking potatoes
- 400 g Brussel sprouts
- 2 small onions
- 80 g butter
- 1 tbsp Dijon mustard
- 150 ml thickened or double cream
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- handful chopped chives
- salt
- black pepper
- 70 g butter
- 60 g oatmeal
- 40 g panko breadcrumbs
- 6 sprigs thyme
- 10 sage leaves
- salt
- pepper
- 1 lemon
- 90 g grated cheddar

## Instructions

1. Peel and chop potatoes into equal pieces, add to pan with cold water and salt.
2. Bring to a boil and cook until soft.
3. Drain and mash the potatoes, then add 100ml of cream, beat with a wooden spoon, and season.
4. Melt olive oil and butter, then add finely sliced onions and sprouts.
5. Soften with the lid on, stirring occasionally on low, then when soft, remove lid, turn heat up and stir till slightly caramelised.
6. Add the caramelized mixture to the mash, then 'rumbledethump' them together.
7. Add chopped chives, Dijon mustard, 50ml cream, and season.
8. Set aside and prepare the topping.
9. Melt butter, then add oatmeal, panko breadcrumbs, thyme, sage leaves, salt, and pepper.
10. Toast over medium heat until lightly golden, then add the zest of 1 lemon and grated cheddar cheese.
11. Mix to combine.
12. Fill an ovenproof dish with your mash (I used a circular 23cm dish with a 4cm depth) spreading to the edges, then top evenly with the skirlie.
13. Bake in a preheated oven at 180c (fan) for 40 minutes till golden & delicious with a crunchy topping

## Equipment

- pan
- wooden spoon
- food processor
- ovenproof dish

## Tips

- Using sprouts provides a great seasonal replacement for cabbage.
- If you have a food processor, use that to slice the sprouts.
- Let onions and sprouts soften with the lid on stirring occasionally on low
- Remove lid, turn heat up and stir till slightly caramelised, it changes the flavour to something fabulous!

## Source

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- Extracted: 2025-05-26

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