Department

Scottish Cuisine
Arbroath Smokie Pâté is a classic Scottish appetizer that offers a smooth, smoky, and savory spread for crackers or toast. This dish is made using Arbroath Smokies, which are a type of smoked haddock with a delicate texture and rich flavor, native to the town of Arbroath in Scotland.
Arbroath Smokie Pâté
Rating
Cranachan is a traditional Scottish dessert that is both simple and elegant. It's made from a mixture of whipped cream, honey, and whisky, to which toasted oats and fresh raspberries are added. The oats provide a pleasant crunch that contrasts the creaminess of the mixture, while the whisky adds a warming, malty depth.
Cranachan: Cream, raspberries, oats, and whisky.
Rating
Haggis, Neeps & Tatties is a traditional Scottish dish, particularly famous as the main course served during Burns Night celebrations. The recipe features haggis, a savory pudding containing sheep's pluck (heart, liver, and lungs), minced with onion, oatmeal, suet, spices, and salt, mixed with stock, and cooked in the animal's stomach.
Haggis, Neeps & Tatties: Haggis with mashed turnips and potatoes.
Rating
Minced Beef with Tatties is a classic Scottish dish that features comforting, robust flavors. This homely meal involves cooking minced beef (ground beef) with onions, carrots, and rich beef stock until the beef is tender and the flavors are well combined.
Minced Beef with Tatties: Beef stew with mashed potatoes.
Rating
Potato Scones, known as tattie scones in Scotland, are a comforting, traditional Scottish breakfast item and tea accompaniment. These soft, griddled scones combine mashed potatoes with flour, butter, and baking powder to create a tender, lightly browned flatbread that can be enjoyed on its own or as a side.
Potato Scones: Soft scones made from potatoes.
Rating
The Scotch Pie is a classic Scottish savory dish, consisting of a robust, double-crust pie that encases a hearty filling of minced mutton or lamb and seasonings. This traditional pie, often enjoyed at football matches and by people on the go, is recognizable by its unique shell, created from hot water crust pastry that is baked to a crisp finish.
Scotch Pie: Minced meat pie.
Rating
Rumbledethumps is a traditional Scottish dish similar to the English Bubble and Squeak. It is a comfort food staple made by baking a hearty mixture of mashed potatoes, sautéed cabbage, and onions, often enriched with a generous amount of sharp cheddar cheese.
Rumbledethumps: Baked mashed potatoes with cabbage.
Rating
Cullen Skink is a traditional Scottish soup known for its rich and comforting qualities. It originates from the town of Cullen in Moray, on the northeast coast of Scotland. The soup features smoked haddock which imparts a deep, savory taste, melded with the heartiness of potatoes and the gentle bite of onions.
Cullen Skink: Smoked haddock soup with potatoes.
Rating
Stovies are a hearty and traditional Scottish dish that features slow-cooked potatoes with meat, usually leftover roast or sausages. The name 'stovies' comes from the method of 'stoving,' which means to cook slowly in a closed pot.
Stovies: Slow-cooked potatoes with meat.
Rating
The Clootie Dumpling is a traditional Scottish dessert, reminiscent of a spiced pudding packed with dried fruits and wrapped in a cloth, known as a 'cloot'.
Clootie Dumpling: Steamed fruit pudding.
Rating
Cock-a-Leekie Soup is a traditional Scottish dish known for its comforting and hearty qualities. It's a simple yet delicious chicken and leek soup that embodies the essence of homemade warmth. The recipe involves simmering chicken pieces with leeks, onions, and carrots in a rich chicken stock, seasoned with bay leaves, thyme, and pepper.
Cock-a-Leekie Soup: Chicken and leek soup.
Rating
Shortbread, hailing from Scotland, is a classic biscuit known for its simple yet rich flavor profile and crumbly texture. Traditionally consisting of just three main ingredients—butter, sugar, and flour—shortbread biscuits are prized for their delicate, melt-in-your-mouth quality and buttery taste.
Shortbread: Buttery biscuits.
Rating
Haggis Bon Bons are a delectable Scottish treat consisting of bite-sized, deep-fried haggis balls with a crispy breadcrumb coating. This appetizer takes traditional haggis—a savory pudding containing sheep's pluck (heart, liver, and lungs), onions, oatmeal, suet, spices, and stock—as its main ingredient and transforms it into a party-friendly dish.
Haggis Bon Bons: Fried mini haggis balls.
Rating
Tipsy Laird is a Scottish variation of the traditional trifle, often served as a dessert on Burns Night or other celebratory occasions. This indulgent dessert layers sponge cake soaked in Scotch whisky with raspberries or mixed berries, rich custard, and finished with a lavish spread of whipped cream.
Tipsy Laird: Trifle with whisky.
Rating