Daisy Chains and Picnics

And the beauty of nature.

HAGGIS Scotland's national dish and the crowning glory of a traditional burns supper. Meaty, oaty, fiery and moist, haggis makes a scrumptious meal. TATTIE (potato) SCONES ABERDEEN ROWIES Also known as a roll or buttery, a savoury Scottish bread roll. I have made these on a couple of occasions but still trying to perfect the recipe. These are the ones I made. IRN BRU A Scottish carbonated soft drink, often described as "Scotland's other national drink" SCOTCH PIE A small, double-crust meat pie filled with minced mutton or other meats. LORNE SAUSAGE Also known as flat sausage or square sausage, great with Sunday breakfast. OATCAKES Especially Stockan's oatcakes, these were the ones my mum and gran always bought, so tasty with stovies or cheese and butter. TUNNOCKS Tea cakes, caramel wafer, snowballs, caramel logs...these iconic delights have been a traditional afternoon tea time treat for decades. ...

Ingredients 250 g - 300 g leftover cooked chicken, cut into bite size chunks 200 g closed cup mushrooms, quartered 420 g tin condensed cream of mushroom soup 1 garlic clove, crushed 1 spring onion, sliced 1 Tbsp chopped fresh rosemary 375 g puff pastry 2 Tbsp oil 1 egg, beaten with a splash of milk for egg wash Method 1.  Preheat oven to 180° C (fan), heat oil in a large pan or wok, gently cook spring onion and garlic for 1-2 minutes. 2.  Mix in chicken, mushrooms and rosemary, pour over the tin of soup and stir until combined, season with pepper ans simmer for  5-10 minutes before pouring into a 1.5 litre pie dish. 3.  Roll pastry on a floured surface, large enough to cover the dish, brush around edges of pie dish with the egg wash, place pastry on dish and press down edges with a fork, trim off excess pastry, make 2 small slits in the centre of the pastry, this helps release steam, brush all over with egg wash. 4.  Bake...

I made a Pavlova yesterday for my birthday tea, so I had some egg yolks left over, I didn't want to waste them so I made a cake using the egg yolks, it is a very quick and easy cake to make and tastes delicious. Ingredients 4 egg yolks 2 1/2 Tbsp hot water 125 g caster sugar 125 g self raising flour 1/8 Tsp salt 1/2 Tsp vanilla essence 2 Tbsp milk Method 1.  Preheat oven to 170° C. 2. Beat the egg yolks with the hot water until creamy consistency. Gradually add the sugar, continuing to beat until thick and pale in colour. Add salt and vanilla essence and beat for another 30 seconds. 3.  Fold in the flour and milk alternately until fully combined. Pour into a greased, lined 8 inch baking tin, bake for 30 minutes until baked through, test with a metal skewer, if it comes out clean the cake is ready. Cool in the tin on a cooling rack. 4.   Cut in half and sandwich together with fresh cream and strawberries. Dollop some cre...