Here is a recipe from master chef Nick Nairn’s Cook School. Ingredients (to serve four): 4 partridges Salt and freshly ground black pepper 1 tbsp olive oil 125 ml (4 fluid ounces or half US cup) stock and 25 ml (two tablespoons) red wine mixed 1 tsp redcurrant jelly 4 thick slices best black...
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Traditional Scottish Recipes – Herring in Oatmeal
Combining two items which formed a staple of Scottish diet over many centuries, herring coated in oatmeal is a tasty, nourishing dish. Ingredients: Allow 2 herrings per person Coarse oatmeal Salt and pepper Dripping or cooking oil Method: Depending on how your fishmonger supplies the herring, you may have to remove the bones yourself...
Traditional Scottish Recipes – Grilled Salmon Trout
This recipe for Grilled Salmon Trout with leek and ginger bouillon is from Gleneagles Hotel. The quantities are sufficient for 4. Main Ingredients: 3lb whole salmon trout or 6 oz salmon fillets 2 tbsp melted butter 1 tsp fennel seeds juice of 1 lemon 4 heads small pak choi, washed and trimmed 2 oz...
Traditional Scottish Recipes – Fish Sausages
This recipe is similar to fishcakes. It is based on one found in a cook book produced in 1946 by that stalwart of traditional cooking, the Scottish Women’s Rural Institute. The quantities below are sufficient for 4 people. Ingredients: 6 ounces (185g or 1½ cups) cooked white fish 2 ounces (60g or half a...
Traditional Scottish Recipes – Edinburgh Rock
The rock on which Edinburgh Castle stands is volcanic and very hard. But the confection "Edinburgh Rock" is (or should be) very soft and crumbly. Many millions of boxes of Edinburgh Rock are sold to sweet-toothed tourists (and locals) every year. Ingredients: One pound (450g or 2 cups) sugar lumps (loaf sugar) Quarter pint...
Traditional Scottish Recipes – Crab Pâté Pasta
This is a recipe from an Orkney company, Castle MacLellan, which makes a range of pâtés, including one from local crabmeat. Ingredients: 110g (3½ ounces) crab pâté 150g (5 ounces/1¼ cups US) dried pasta One tablespoon olive oil Half a bunch of spring onions, finely chopped 100g (3½ ounces) Mascarpone cheese (or quantity to...
Traditional Scottish Recipes – Chicken in the Heather
Here is a simple recipe using clear heather honey and other flavours to create a tasty roast chicken dish. While heather honey is the best, other clear honey will suffice. Ingredients: One whole chicken, minus giblets 3 fluid ounces (90ml or under half a cup) light cooking oil 4 fluid ounces (125g or half...
Traditional Scottish Recipes – Carrot Cake
Carrot cake is often found wherever "home baking" is advertised and there are many variations on the recipe. The ingredients below will make two, one pound cakes. Ingredients: 8 oz (2 cups) wholemeal flour 8 oz (2 cups) brown sugar 4 teaspoons baking powder 2 teaspoons cinnamon 1 teaspoon salt Half a cup melted...
Traditional Scottish Recipes – Butterscotch
That sweet tooth for which Scots have a reputation means that there are many traditional confectionary recipes. But quite why a brittle sweet (candy) made from butter and sugar should be named "Scotch" is lost in the mists of time. The ingredients below will make about one pound (450g) of butterscotch. Ingredients: One pound...
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