Recipies Needed

[clark23]

I live in the United States and am doing a report on Scotland in my cooking class. I need 6 recipies for the different parts of a menu : appetizer, soup, main dish, side dish, bread, salad, dessert. I can't use ny alcohol in these recipies; I'm making them in school.

[macha]

Hallo there!
I`m a housewife and Scottish- what better qualifications for being a good cook! Here are some good traditional scottish recipes for you..

SCOTCH BROTH
2lbs lean mutton
2 pints water
carrots
leeks
2 handfuls pearl barley
peas, turnip, onion
fresh parsley

Put the mutton in a big pan with the water, bring slowly to the boil and simmer for 11/2 hours. Add all the chopped vegetables and barley. Simmer until vegetables and barley are cooked- about 1 hour. Serve hot.

STOVIES
1lb cold chopped cooked mutton or beef
11/2lb sliced raw potato
1 large onion
salt & pepper
2 carrots and a piece of turnip
oil to cook in

Heat oil in a large pan. Put in layer of potato and then layer of onion, then meat, vegetables and finallt potaoes and seasoning. Put lid on and cook on a low heat for 30 minutes until potatoes are soft. serve hot.

SKIRLIE
Oatmeal Onion Suet

Chop suet and put into a very hot pan. when it`s melted add 1 or 2 chopped onions and cook until golden. add enough oatmeal to absorb the fat, making a thick mixture. Srir and cook for a few minutes, serve hot with potatoes or cold and sliced.

[clark23]

Thanks

[purplethistle]

http://thefoody.com/home.html

Got this from a member of another website.
If there is anything not on here it is not worth looking for.

[princess_apey]

hey, thanks purple!! that web site is great!!!

[clark23]

any ideas on a side dish (potatoes?), soup, salad, or appetizer?

thanks macha i'll use your stovies recipie
i'll have to try your website , purple

[Polwarth]

You have a soup recipe in this thread already!
But you could also do a lentil soup (traditional) or cock a leekie (chicken and leek). In Scotland in times gone by the weather would not have allowed 'salads' except at the height of our summer! So, 'traditional' and salad are not words that compute in Scots cuisine!

Potatoes cooked with onions and cream and baked in the oven (sort of pommes dauphinoise!) is a traditional dish.

Puddings - well, how about Tipsy Laird (a Scottish version of the old English dish called 'trifle'), or Cranachan, or Edinburgh Fog?

I suggest you do a search on this forum - there are lots and LOTS of Scots recipes here and a little judicious reading should give you lots of ideas.