Haggis

[Tumbler]

I've only eaten it once, whilst on the Tarten Hoon.

So I've bought one and now would like some ideas as to how to serve it for a dinner party, my thoughts so far, are baked in filo pastry, or maybe rolled in to breaded meat balls and deep fried, any other ideas?

[Gaspode]

Why not serve it as it should be, boiled in its stomach, with mashed swede and potato, washed down with copious quantities of fine malt whisky?

I bloody love haggis, me.

[TheD]

Gaspode said:

Why not serve it as it should be, boiled in its stomach, with mashed swede and potato, washed down with copious quantities of fine malt whisky?

I bloody love haggis, me.

It's the only way.
Also mix a bit of haggis,neeps and tatties together and slap it on some heavy buttered bread. Superb

[Tumbler]

G

Gaspode said:

Why not serve it as it should be, boiled in its stomach, with mashed swede and potato, washed down with copious quantities of fine malt whisky?

I bloody love haggis, me.

Because I suspect it won't be to everyone's taste, and I'm only serving it as a starter.

[clarkmagpie]

Serve with black pudding and a pea purée.

[calibrax]

Haggis works rather well in vol-au-vents.

[Gaspode]

clarkmagpie said:

Serve with black pudding and a pea purée.

Yup, that would make a neat little starter. Slice of black pud, scoop of haggis on top, splodge of pea puree. Yum.

What's the main course?

[Blown2CV]

Gaspode said:

Why not serve it as it should be, boiled in its stomach, with mashed swede and potato, washed down with copious quantities of fine malt whisky?

I bloody love haggis, me.

This. Don't fk about with it on Burns night at least. I do think it is worth experimenting with every other night though! Oh and morning, it is cracking with a fry up.

[Spitfire2]

Blown2CV said:

This. Don't fk about with it on Burns night at least. I do think it is worth experimenting with every other night though! Oh and morning, it is cracking with a fry up.

My Friday breakfast at work is a roll with bacon and haggis. Don't know where they get the haggis from in the work canteen but it is as good as I've had anywhere........

[james_tigerwoods]

No no. The best way to serve haggis is on the side of more haggis....

[Spitfire2]

Oops - just realised this is a thread for non-scots to talk about Haggis

Seriously - try the slicing haggis fried on a roll. suuuuperb.

I doubt he's reached south of the border yet but If you see a Simon Howie Haggis, snap it up. It's a cut above most of the others in my experience.

[sherman]

Slice it into half moons and cover in batter and deep fry until golden brown. 3 half moons per person and serve with a whisky sauce and a bit of garnish.

[GWC]

I had a deep fried one in Edinburgh last year, threw it up about an hour later though

[MK1 GIT]

Is that a before or after photo?

Do traditional haggis neeps and tatties for a starter but press into a chef ring in layers and top with whisky sauce.

[y2blade]

TheD said:

Gaspode said:

Why not serve it as it should be, boiled in its stomach, with mashed swede and potato, washed down with copious quantities of fine malt whisky?

I bloody love haggis, me.

It's the only way.
Also mix a bit of haggis,neeps and tatties together and slap it on some heavy buttered bread. Superb

Aye, picking up my wee wild caught fella on the way home at lunchtime.

[Tumbler]

Ok, so the consensus seems to be to stick with tradition, so my thoughts are, small portion of celeriac mash, with a thin layer of mashed swede, topped with the haggis, a small fillet of Scottish venison and a deep fried meat ball of venison and haggis, served with a Whiskey sauce.

[Goa'uld]

When should we come round?

[y2blade]

Caught mine on the way home at lunchtime.

[y2blade]

[calibrax]

Living down here in England I can't go out and catch my own like I used to, so I have to import one. Got my haggis delivered today, a wild one from Aberdeenshire, freshly killed, gutted and prepared for cooking.



Shame really, I prefer to have them unprepared, as I like the legs. For those who don't know, the haggis has one short leg and one long leg, as its habitat is on the slopes of Scottish mountains and it has evolved different leg lengths for added stability when running through the heather covered hills.