Burns Night 2016

Burns Night or commonly know in Scotland; Burns Nicht is a celebration in honour of the Scottish poet Robert Burns.

Many types of food are associated with Burns' Night. These include; Cock-a-Leekie soup (chicken and leek soup); Cullen skink (a Scottish soup made from smoked haddock, potatoes, onions and milk), or Scotch broth for starter. Main is usually haggis, (the symbolic heart of Burns Night),  neeps (mashed turnip or swede) and tatties (mashed potatoes), dessert can be Cranachan (a Scottish dessert made from whipped cream, whisky, oatmeal, honey and raspberries), or Clootie dumpling.

I have never came across haggis here in Tassie, well to be fair, I haven't exactly searched high and low for one, so I was delighted when during her recent visit from Scotland, my mum brought out this tin of haggis for us to have on Burns Night.

Cock-a-leekie Soup, see recipe here

Haggis, neeps, and tatties

Cranachan, see recipe here