Haggis and Mash

[partialD]

Iv'e just done my first Autumn meal of the year, family classic brought up to my kitchens style - growing up we had Haggis Mash & Beans as special occasions (even though it's cheap and easy to make and delicous) but i digress -

-Haggis (sizes can vary)
-Mushrooms
-Parsnips
-Leeks
-Carrots
-Onion
-Garlic

-Potatoes

Heat some butter and oil in big cast iron pan
add finely chopped onion, carrot, leeks & mushrooms untill all soft
slice up the haggis and add stirring constantly - should take about 3/5 mins to break down and stir well
add roughly chopped parsnips leeks carrots mushrooms (and anything else you fancy) salt and pepper to taste
-Boil the potatoes in seperate pan for Mash topping.
-Put the main in deep sided pie dish and cover with mash-serve with gravy and yorkshire puds or dumplings.



If i'm feeling rich i like to make a special bacon and black olive broth as the sauce instaed of gravy and add this under the mash.

Heat some butter in a pan add some finely chopped black olives and finely sliced leeks simmer till soft then remove from the butter, add well chopped up bacon and cook till done but not crispy sprinkle some plain flour in and stir well, re-add the olives and leeks and add white wine and water of your own proportions as i think with this everyone is individual, simmer for 5 mins and pour this in before adding the mash topping - This is very good with a variety of things and is my personal favourite at present.

P.S- i don't really work with measurements with dishes like this as you can kind of run free and it's not going to be affected much.

 

[nanie]

Hi, sorry but what is haggis

 

[Selkie]

Hi, sorry but what is haggis

Haggis is a primarily Scottish dish: Sheep's intestine stuffed with diced heart, lungs, etc. plus oatmeal, barley and onions, then sealed and boiled in a broth. It's appearance is round, about twice the size of a softball.

It's an acquired taste.

 

[Poppi G. Koullias]

It's an acquired taste.

Och aye.

 

[taxlady]

Haggis is a primarily Scottish dish: Sheep's intestine stuffed with diced heart, lungs, etc. plus oatmeal, barley and onions, then sealed and boiled in a broth. It's appearance is round, about twice the size of a softball.

It's an acquired taste.

I'll say. I doubt I would ever acquire the taste for over cooked liver

 

[Bolas De Fraile]

Fair Fa' your honest,sonsie face,
Great Chieftan O' the pudding-race.

My birthday is on the 25th of Jan, because of that people think I must like Haggis, I dont.

 

[partialD]

Yeah the taste is personal, lots of people would never even try it as they just think of the sheeps stomach that it's traditionally cooked in, but it's just the same as sausage casings. The main flavour is fropm the herbs to be fair and you don't have to boil it for hours you can slice it and fry it which is one of the best ways to have it IMO.

Thats a bit silly now isn't it Bolas De Fraile-who are these people who assume such things? lol.

 

[Robo410]

Tastes pretty much like a good lamb sausage. I've never had any trouble scarfing it down

 

[Poppi G. Koullias]

I bought a haggis from a specialist butcher and liked it very much. However, now I know its ingredients including lungs, naturally I feel a bit squeamish. Similarly, black pudding, but I won't go there.

 

[taxlady]

I only had it once, so maybe I should give it a try another time. I don't mind the ingredients, except the pervasive taste of over cooked liver.

 

[Bolas De Fraile]

Thats a bit silly now isn't it Bolas De Fraile-who are these people who assume such things? lol.

sasenachs like me, who put on kilts comando style and attend my b/day bash, they bring a haggis as a novel pressy to pxxx me off.

 

[MSC]

I bought a haggis from a specialist butcher and liked it very much. However, now I know its ingredients including lungs, naturally I feel a bit squeamish. Similarly, black pudding, but I won't go there.

No doubt that haggis is one of those dishes that lots more people would enjoy eating---if they don't read the ingredients before trying it, and would eat it again if they didn't read the ingredients after trying it!

 

[Hoot]

I reckon most folks hereabouts in NC don't have a clue about haggis nor black pudding. I love' em both. Good, deep flavors, especially on a chilly day.
'Course, I like chitlin's and trotters and such too. Sheep's innards are scarce in these parts, though.

 

[blissful]

I've never made haggis, though I tried it when I was in Scotland, it was delicious.
Grandma used to make blood sausage, good and crispy, that was also good.
Unless I was cutting up a lamb, or sheep, I doubt I'd try to make haggis, maybe someday.

 

[Bolas De Fraile]

I reckon most folks hereabouts in NC don't have a clue about haggis nor black pudding. I love' em both. Good, deep flavors, especially on a chilly day.
'Course, I like chitlin's and trotters and such too. Sheep's innards are scarce in these parts, though.

Come to Wales where men are men and the sheep are vigilant