Scottish Recipes
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Recipe list
21 recipes
Recipe · 3 hr
Scottish Steak Pie
Slow-cooked beef in rich gravy under a puff pastry lid: the steak pie many Scottish families eat on New Year’s Day. Make the filling the day before.
Recipe · 1 hr 10 min
Haggis, Neeps and Tatties with Whisky Sauce
Happy St Andrew's Day: Scotland's national dish, made easy, with buttery neeps, fluffy tatties and a creamy whisky sauce.
Recipe · 10 min
Scottish Smoked Salmon with Brown Bread
The Christmas starter that needs no cooking: good Scottish smoked salmon, buttered brown bread, lemon and capers, ready in 10 minutes.
Recipe · 1 hr 30 min
Macaroni Pie
Macaroni cheese baked inside a crisp hot-water crust: the Scottish bakery classic that sounds odd and tastes brilliant.
Recipe · 40 min
Clapshot
Orkney's buttery mash of potato and swede with chives: two Scottish staples better together, and ready in 30 minutes.
Recipe · 3 hr 30 min
Black Bun
Bake it now for Hogmanay: a dense, spiced fruit cake sealed inside a pastry case that needs weeks to mature.
Recipe · 1 hr 40 min
Scotch Pie
Small, round hot-water-crust pies filled with spiced minced lamb, with a sunken lid that leaves room for gravy or beans.
Recipe · 55 min
Mince and Tatties
Savoury beef mince simmered with onion and carrot, served with buttery mash: Scotland's favourite everyday supper.
Recipe · 4 hr 5 min
Clootie Dumpling
A spiced fruit pudding boiled in a cloth for hours until it forms its famous dark skin: Scotland's great celebration pudding.
Recipe · 30 min
Tattie Scones
Thin potato scones cooked on a dry griddle: an essential part of a Scottish breakfast and a good use for leftover mash.
Recipe · 45 min
Scottish Oatcakes
Crisp, rough oatcakes made with just oatmeal, a little fat and hot water: perfect with cheese, soup or stovies.
Recipe · 20 min
Drop Scones (Scotch Pancakes)
Small, thick pancakes cooked on a griddle in minutes: buttered warm, with jam or syrup, for tea or breakfast.
Recipe · 3 hr
Scottish Tablet
Sugar, butter and condensed milk boiled and beaten until it sets firm and grainy: sweeter and crumblier than fudge.
Recipe · 2 hr
Cock-a-Leekie Soup
Chicken, leeks and a few prunes simmered into a clear, savoury broth: one of Scotland's oldest soups.
Recipe · 3 hr
Millionaire's Shortbread
Buttery shortbread, thick golden caramel and a layer of chocolate: the richest traybake in the tin.
Recipe · 1 hr 10 min
Stovies
Potatoes and onions slowly "stoved" in dripping with leftover roast meat: Scotland's great thrifty supper.
Recipe · 2 hr 25 min
Dundee Cake
A lighter Scottish fruit cake with orange peel, finished with rings of whole blanched almonds.
Recipe · 2 hr 5 min
Scotch Broth
A hearty Scottish soup of lamb, pearl barley, split peas and root vegetables.
Recipe · 45 min
Cullen Skink
A thick, creamy soup of smoked haddock, potato and onion from the Moray coast of Scotland.
Recipe · 25 min
Cranachan
Toasted oats, whisky-and-honey cream and fresh raspberries: the Scottish summer pudding that ends a Burns supper.
Recipe · 1 hr 5 min
Scottish Shortbread
Three ingredients, one ratio: pale, crumbly, buttery shortbread.