HAGGIS KEBABS WITH NEEPS AND TATTIES CAKE
HAGGIS KEBABS WITH NEEPS AND TATTIES CAKE
HAGGIS KEBABS WITH NEEPS AND TATTIES CAKE

Ingredients
  • 300g/10½oz haggis
  • 300g/10½oz herby sausagemeat
  • 2 tbsp heather honey
  • 2 tbsp Scotch whisky
  • 1 large swede
  • peeled and chopped into rough cubes
  • 2 large potatoes
  • Maris Piper or similar
  • peeled and chopped into rough cubes
  • 30g/1oz melted butter
  • plus extra for frying
  • 75g/2½oz plain flour
  • sea salt and black pepper
  • olive oil
Directions
  • Preheat the barbecue for direct grilling or a grill to hot.
  • Combine the haggis and sausagemeat together in a bowl. Divide into 12 equal pieces and roll into balls. Thread three balls onto each skewer
  • place on a plate or tray and refrigerate for 30 minutes
  • or until firm.
  • To make the neeps and tatties
  • boil the swede and potatoes in a large pan of salted water for 20 minutes
  • or until tender. Drain and leave in the saucepan with the lid off to steam dry for 10–15 minutes.
  • Pass the swede and potatoes through a potato ricer or push through a coarse sieve into a large bowl. Stir in the butter until melted
  • then stir in the flour and a plenty of salt and pepper.
  • Set a cast iron pan over the barbecue to heat
  • or heat on the hob. Pat the potato mixture into a large round
  • or divide into quarters and pat into smaller rounds. Heat a splash of oil in the pan
  • add a knob of butter and heat until foaming. Fry the potato cake for 4–5 minutes on each side until golden-brown
  • then remove from the pan. If you make a larger cake
  • leave to rest for 2 minutes then cut into wedges.
  • Meanwhile
  • grill the haggis kebabs for 8–10 minutes
  • turning regularly. Towards the end of cooking
  • mix the honey and whisky together in a small bowl and brush over the kebabs.
  • Remove the kebabs from the heat
  • give them a final brush of the glaze
  • then serve with the potato cake wedges.