Burns Night recipes

1. Potato wafers with smoked salmon and watercress

   These crispy potato slices with smoked salmon and homemade horseradish cream make a tasty starter or canapé.

   Recipes for canapés

   • Tandoori chicken party skewers
   • Vegetable pakoras
   • Dill herrings and quails' eggs canapés

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2. Haggis, clapshot and whisky sauce

   Haggis, neeps and tatties are pure poetry for devotees of the traditional Burns Night feast. Buy the haggis ready-made and see whether you’re similarly inspired.

3. ‘Great Scotch!’

   If you’ll be celebrating with a wee dram this Burns Night, make sure your whisky’s Scotch – and top notch. You don’t have to drink it neat; try adding a nip to creamy soups, sauces and desserts.

   Recipes using whisky

   • Christmas cake wreath
   • Roast peppered beef with bourbon mustard and all the trimmings
   • Christmas cocktail

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4. Cranachan

   Scottish oats, raspberries, whisky and honey combine in perfect harmony for this exceptional dessert.

   Recipes for fruit fool

   • Scottish raspberries with toasted oats and cream
   • Blackberry fool with hazelnut biscuits
   • Greengage, nectarine and gooseberry fool

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