Burns Night recipes

1. Potato wafers with smoked salmon and watercress

   These crispy potato slices with smoked salmon and homemade horseradish cream make a tasty starter or canapé.

   Recipes for canapés

   • Asparagus and puff pastry cigars
   • Sage and parmesan palmiers
   • Anchovy and sage crisps

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2. Haggis, clapshot and whisky sauce

   Haggis, neeps and tatties are pure poetry for devotees of the traditional Burns Night feast. Buy the haggis ready-made and see whether you’re similarly inspired.

3. ‘Great Scotch!’

   If you’ll be celebrating with a wee dram this Burns Night, make sure your whisky’s Scotch – and top notch. You don’t have to drink it neat; try adding a nip to creamy soups, sauces and desserts.

   Recipes using whisky

   • Ginger wine and whisky fruit cake
   • Homemade Irish cream
   • White currant and whisky semifreddo

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4. Cranachan

   Scottish oats, raspberries, whisky and honey combine in perfect harmony for this exceptional dessert.

   Recipes for fruit fool

   • Heather honey cranachan
   • Scottish raspberries with toasted oats and cream
   • Cranachan

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