Fyne halibut from Gigha – Smoked halibut crostini
Food festivals are one of the true highlights of spring and summer, the opportunity to get into some wonderful scenery and eat true local artisan produce while chatting to the passionate people [...]
Smoked haddock and queenie chowder – Mother’s Day with Fishbox
This recipe was developed for Fishbox and their Mother’s Day recipe feature. It’s a dish based on one of my favourite traditional Scottish dishes, Cullen skink, along with the chowder [...]
In Autumn, Beef, Fish, Fish and Seafood, Fruit, Vegetables and Cereals, Game, Havering, Ingredients, Leftovers, Meat, Poultry and Game, Mutton/Lamb, Poultry, Quick Dishes, Recipes, Risotto, Spring, Summer, Vegetables, Winter
Posted Feed the family. Reduce the waste
Leftovers were a staple for me during my childhood in the west of Scotland. I probably didn’t even know the term existed; we just took it for granted that any food which was left would be reused. [...]
Seaweed on a Hebridean Island by Fiona Bird
Once a poverty food, seaweed is now a sought after ingredient that hides the so called fifth taste, umami. At high tide limpets use their feet to wander from their rock to get their radulas into [...]
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Chilli and lime crab cakes
Crab is one of my earliest seafood recollections, with toast being spread with Shippams crab paste by my Gran for supper before bed sometime in the late seventies or early eighties. The [...]
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Posted Double trout fishcakes
The Scots have an inherent love of leftovers, there’s very little which we won’t re-use a second time to prevent waste. Patties are a particular favourite way of doing this and these [...]
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Posted Tattie scones with kiln roast smoked trout
If you had to ask for a list of the top five Scottish foods I think there’s a good chance that tattie scones would sneak in there. They’re the ubiquitous comfort food that no matter [...]
Smoked Haddock Risotto – A vlog
I love to cook risotto, if you know me, follow me or read this blog then this isn’t news. So I have decided to write a little ebook on it. As part of that project I made a video cooking the [...]
Fideua with mussels
The cuisine of Spain holds a huge amount of fascination for me. A country that thrives on sitting as a family and celebrating food, one so diverse with flavours and history and with such a [...]
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Whisky steamed sole for St. Andrew’s Day
On the last day of November, on the cusp of autumn departing completely for winter, with crisp cold frosty mornings, early evening darkness and the last of the summer leaves still cling to the [...]