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What meal would you cook for a Scottish guest?
Next weekend, I would be having a group of friends at my home for our quarterly club meetings. We would be having a guest from Scotland and I was told to prepare a native dish for her. Do you know of any dish indigenous to the Scottish people?
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Devilled Chicken is a traditional Scottish dish that is easy to make and full of flavor. This dish would be enjoyed by most people, as long as they are not vegetarian.
Ingredients:
Four thighs or roasting joints of chicken
1 tablespoon of apricot jam
1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
3 tablespoons tomato ketchup
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
1 tablespoon soy sauce
pinch of Cayenne pepper
large clove of crushed garlic
salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
Method:
Pre-heat the oven to 180C /350F /Gas Mark 4. Season the chicken and spread in a shallow, oven-proof dish
Mix the jam, mustard, pepper and garlic until smooth. Add the tomato ketchup, Worcestershire sauce, soy sauce, salt and pepper and pour over the chicken pieces, making sure they are evenly coated. Place the lid on the dish and bake in the oven for one hour.
It can be served beside a fresh juicy salad, rice or sauted potatoes.
Ingredients:
Four thighs or roasting joints of chicken
1 tablespoon of apricot jam
1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
3 tablespoons tomato ketchup
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
1 tablespoon soy sauce
pinch of Cayenne pepper
large clove of crushed garlic
salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
Method:
Pre-heat the oven to 180C /350F /Gas Mark 4. Season the chicken and spread in a shallow, oven-proof dish
Mix the jam, mustard, pepper and garlic until smooth. Add the tomato ketchup, Worcestershire sauce, soy sauce, salt and pepper and pour over the chicken pieces, making sure they are evenly coated. Place the lid on the dish and bake in the oven for one hour.
It can be served beside a fresh juicy salad, rice or sauted potatoes.
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One Scottish recipe that you can prepare for you guest from Scotland is Haggis, Tatties an Neeps Recipe.
These are the ingredients:
1 small haggis
1 pound potatoes
1 small turnip
4 tbsp frozen peas
2 large carrots
a dram of fine single malt whiskey
Procedure:
1. Following cooking instructions on the package for haggis.Peel and chop the potatoes and turnip and put them in two separate pans of boiling, salted water and simmer for 30 minutes.
2. Get another pan and boil water and put the carrots in it for 10 minutes before cooking time ends. Drain the potatoes, turnip, carrots and peas well.
3. Begin with the turnip and form a rough disc on the center of each plate. Add a disc of potato on top and finish with some haggis and arrange the carrots and peas around the border of the plate.
4. You can then pour the single malt over the haggis and serve immediately.
These are the ingredients:
1 small haggis
1 pound potatoes
1 small turnip
4 tbsp frozen peas
2 large carrots
a dram of fine single malt whiskey
Procedure:
1. Following cooking instructions on the package for haggis.Peel and chop the potatoes and turnip and put them in two separate pans of boiling, salted water and simmer for 30 minutes.
2. Get another pan and boil water and put the carrots in it for 10 minutes before cooking time ends. Drain the potatoes, turnip, carrots and peas well.
3. Begin with the turnip and form a rough disc on the center of each plate. Add a disc of potato on top and finish with some haggis and arrange the carrots and peas around the border of the plate.
4. You can then pour the single malt over the haggis and serve immediately.
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I think that it's very hard to come up with a safe recipe to use when you're trying to fix something that is ethnic in nature for someone of that ethnicity. They have eaten these foods all of their lives and I'm sure each clan has its own way of preparing the dishes. Since you don't know what they are supposed to taste like, it's difficult to add spices or herbs without the fear of ruining the dish completely. Keeping this in mind, I would stick to a traditional Scottish dessert or drink. For the main meal, I would prepare something that I'm comfortable cooking, maybe a personal ethnic dish. Your Scottish guest will be flattered that you took the time to prepare a drink or dessert with him/her in mind.
Here is a recipe for Marmalade cake that doesn't sound too hard to make, the ingredients are easily available, and could be a real treat for your guest.
"Marmalade Cake
Mrs Janet Keiller made marmalade for the first time in Dundee in 1797 when her husband bought a cargo of oranges that were going cheap, after a Spanish ship had been forced into the harbour in a storm. So it is not surprising that marmalade features in a number of Scottish recipes. Here is one for a marmalade cake.
Ingredients (with US conversions in brackets):
8 oz self-raising flour (One cup all-purpose flour with baking powder)
2 beaten eggs
3 oz caster sugar (Three rounded tablespoons granulated sugar)
4 oz margarine (4 rounded tablespoons)
1 drop vanilla essence (vanilla extract)
2 tablespoons orange marmalade
1 teaspoon orange rind, finely grated
2 tablespoons milk
Pinch of salt
Method:
Sift the flour and salt into a bowl and rub in the margarine until the mixture looks like fine breadcrumbs. Stir in the sugar, half the orange rind and then add the eggs, marmalade, milk and vanilla. Mix well to achieve the consistency of thick batter. Grease a 6 inch round cake tin and bake in the centre of a pre-heated oven at 350F/175C/Gas Mark 4 for around one hour and twenty minutes until golden brown. If you have one, you can check with a skewer until it comes out clean. Sprinkle the rest of the orange rind on top and allow to cool for a few minutes before you turn out on a wire rack to cool." http://www.rampantscotland.com/recipes/blrecipe_marmcake.htm
For a Scottish drink, you might serve:
"Auld Nick'' - each drink has 50% whisky, 25% Drambuie and 12.5% of orange juice and 12.5% of lemon juice. (It looks like you could prepare this drink prior to the get-together and serve in a punch-bowl or from a pitcher).http://www.rampantscotland.com/recipes/blrecipe_cocktails2.htm
For Scottish coffee, just add a shot of Drambuie to a cup of coffee and top with a dollop of whipped Cream.
I hope some of these help. If you'd like to see some of the other recipes, here's the link: http://www.rampantscotland.com/recipes/blrecipe_index.htm
Here is a recipe for Marmalade cake that doesn't sound too hard to make, the ingredients are easily available, and could be a real treat for your guest.
"Marmalade Cake
Mrs Janet Keiller made marmalade for the first time in Dundee in 1797 when her husband bought a cargo of oranges that were going cheap, after a Spanish ship had been forced into the harbour in a storm. So it is not surprising that marmalade features in a number of Scottish recipes. Here is one for a marmalade cake.
Ingredients (with US conversions in brackets):
8 oz self-raising flour (One cup all-purpose flour with baking powder)
2 beaten eggs
3 oz caster sugar (Three rounded tablespoons granulated sugar)
4 oz margarine (4 rounded tablespoons)
1 drop vanilla essence (vanilla extract)
2 tablespoons orange marmalade
1 teaspoon orange rind, finely grated
2 tablespoons milk
Pinch of salt
Method:
Sift the flour and salt into a bowl and rub in the margarine until the mixture looks like fine breadcrumbs. Stir in the sugar, half the orange rind and then add the eggs, marmalade, milk and vanilla. Mix well to achieve the consistency of thick batter. Grease a 6 inch round cake tin and bake in the centre of a pre-heated oven at 350F/175C/Gas Mark 4 for around one hour and twenty minutes until golden brown. If you have one, you can check with a skewer until it comes out clean. Sprinkle the rest of the orange rind on top and allow to cool for a few minutes before you turn out on a wire rack to cool." http://www.rampantscotland.com/recipes/blrecipe_marmcake.htm
For a Scottish drink, you might serve:
"Auld Nick'' - each drink has 50% whisky, 25% Drambuie and 12.5% of orange juice and 12.5% of lemon juice. (It looks like you could prepare this drink prior to the get-together and serve in a punch-bowl or from a pitcher).http://www.rampantscotland.com/recipes/blrecipe_cocktails2.htm
For Scottish coffee, just add a shot of Drambuie to a cup of coffee and top with a dollop of whipped Cream.
I hope some of these help. If you'd like to see some of the other recipes, here's the link: http://www.rampantscotland.com/recipes/blrecipe_index.htm
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