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I often make cranachan, the most celebrated of Scots desserts. However this pannacotta gives a slightly different interpretation on the marriage of whisky, honey and raspberry. The oatmeal is [...]

It’s autumn, and the fruit trees and bushes are beginning to settle down for a long sleepy winter. Some apples and pears still hang heavy, brambles adorn the hedgerows and gardens alike, and the [...]

There’s something very satisfying about getting a girdle scone took through perfectly. A throwback to the days before ovens were commonplace and ‘baking’ would’ve been done on a hotplate over the [...]

This is a throwback to the days of rationing from my Gran’s 1940s cookbook. I’ve adapted it to bake in the oven like a traditional rice pudding, rather than cooking on the hob, and added the [...]

Crowdie is the ideal cheese for a cheesecake, it has a wonderful tang and slightly crumbly texture. The topping is a juxtaposition of the dark fruits of spring and summer as blackcurrant give way [...]

Another dessert I’d tend to make on weekends due to the chilling time. You can omit the chilli for a classic chocolate mousse or add your own flavours. Serve with thick cream or change to milk [...]

‘What’s tablet?’. It’s a question that probably every Scot has heard at some point in their lives. It’s a kind of Scottish fudge type thing, but isn’t. [...]

I rarely find myself writing on here these days, weeks seem to pass, recipes pile up and nothing appears. However having found a glut of wild raspberries by Loch Maree today I felt I had to mark [...]

Trifle is one of my abiding memories of the 1980s, originally from the Birds packets and then homemade with fresh fruit and I think possibly swiss roll as well. And while for many it’s probably a [...]

There’s little in this amazing world of flavours that gets me as excited as the one that is currently approaching perfect ripeness. The Scottish raspberry. It has long been my favourite [...]