Traditional Scottish Rumbledethumps Recipe (Easy Potato, Cabbage & Onion Bake)
Rumbledethumps is a cosy, traditional dish from the Scottish Borders, made with mashed potatoes, cabbage, and onions—simple, hearty, and super comforting.
Ingredients
- 450 g (1 lb) potatoes, boiled and mashed
- 450 g (1 lb) cabbage, shredded and boiled
- 1 large onion finely chopped
- 50 g (2 oz) butter • ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ tsp pepper
- 50 g (2 oz) cheddar cheese grated
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400ºF / 200ºC / fan oven 180ºC / gas mark 6.
- Mix the potatoes and cabbage.
- Fry the onion (or chopped spring onions) in butter.
- Mix the potatoes, cabbage, fried onion, salt and pepper.
- Place in an ovenproof dish, sprinkle with grated cheese and bake until the top is golden.