Cuisine

Scottish Food

Shortbread, oats, smoked fish and the Burns supper.

Haggis with neeps and tatties — Photo: Biology Big Brother · CC BY 2.0 (cropped)

Scottish cooking leans on oats, butter, game and some of the best fish and shellfish in Europe. Its baking (shortbread above all) is a cornerstone of afternoon tea across the UK.

Recipes

Scottish Food recipes

Recipe · 25 min

Cranachan

Toasted oats, whisky-and-honey cream and fresh raspberries: the Scottish summer pudding that ends a Burns supper.

A tray of shortbread being cut into fingers

Recipe · 1 hr 5 min

Scottish Shortbread

Three ingredients, one ratio: pale, crumbly, buttery shortbread.

Part of British Isles cuisine.