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.

