Scottish recipes for St Andrew's Day and Burns Night

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If fancy eating 'Scottish' on St Andrew's Day (Sunday 30th November) 2014 and on Burns Night (25 January 2015) we've rounded up some wonderful traditional Scottish recipes.

St Andrew's Day
St Andrew's Day is Scotland's national day and parties are held for it in Scotland and all over the world. St Andrew is Scotland's patron saint - he was a Galilean fisherman who helped spread the word about Jesus, and he has been a strong symbol for Scotland as it developed through the centuries. Today St Andrew's Day is celebrated with a day off for many in Scotland and with lots of wonderful Scottish food!

Burns Night
Traditionally a Burns Night meal consists of a menu of haggis, neeps and tatties. Allaboutyou.com Food Consultant Emma Marsden says, 'People think haggis is really rich but actually it's light and flavoursome. You can get a small one (450g) for two people that only takes about half an hour to cook. Boil water, then simmer the haggis in it. You don't need to add anything at all to it. The key is to make sure you don't boil it so that it bursts.'

For delicious neeps are tatties, make roast potatoes (parboiling for five mins, then popping in hot oil in the oven for just under an hour) and at the same time boiling some swedes for about 50 mins. Pop the turnips in the roasting tin with the potatoes, mash roughly, heat in the oven at 180C for about 25 mins, dot with butter and serve with black pepper.

Scottish recipes

Scottish herring in oatmeal with cucumber and dill salad

Scottish fruits de mer - a wonderful seafood platter full of Scottish seafood

Cock-a-leekie soup recipe - great as a starter or main course on Burns Night

Burns Night red rose cocktail

Burns Night 'burnito' cocktail

Cullen skink - a creamy Scottish fish soup.

Scotch Broth - a fabulous starter that makes a hearty main course too

Homemade shortbread biscuits - crumbly, sweet and oh-so-Scottish.

Atholl Brose - a kind of Scottish ice cream sundae with raspberries, oatmeal, honey, cream and whisky.

Real porridge - with cream and a little whisky, if you can handle it for breakfast!

Super stovies - bashed potatoes that taste oh-so-perfect. It's the bash at the end of the cooking that makes all the difference!