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The Heat Chart below shows the advisable interior food temperatures for safe eating

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Haggis Neeps and Tatties

My favourite Scottish dish. I cannot buy Haggis in France but if you can in your country then try this easy to cook meal. Haggis is traditionally served as part of the Burns supper on or near January 25, the birthday of Scotland's national poet Robert Burns. Burns wrote the poem Address to a Haggis, which starts "Fair fa' your honest, sonsie face, Great chieftain o' the puddin-race!"

  • 500 g quality haggis (Most Haggis has cooking times on the label)
  • NEEPS & TATTIES:
  • 450 g potatoes
  • 400 g turnips or swedes (I always use Swedes)
  • 100 g unsalted butter
  • 8 spring onions (you can leave these out)
  • 30 ml double cream
  1. Peel and quarter the potatoes and turnips or swedes.
  2. Place the haggis in a large pan of boiling water and cook according to the packet instructions.
  3. Cook the turnips or swedes and the potatoes in separate pans of boiling salted water for 20 to 25 minutes, or until tender. Drain the veg separately.
  4. Return the turnips or swedes to the pan, add half the butter and mash, keeping chunky. Season to taste. Cover to keep warm.
  5. Trim and roughly chop the spring onions. Melt the remaining butter in the potato pan, add the spring onions and cook for 1 to 2 minutes, or until softened. Return the potatoes to the pan and mash with the cream until quite smooth, seasoning to taste. Cover to keep warm.
  6. Remove the cooked haggis, cut open and place a portion onto each warmed plate. Divide up the turnips or swedes and potatoes (neeps & tatties) and serve.