easy burns night

Try making these easy, buttery shortbread biscuits for an afternoon activity with the kids. This recipe also works with chocolate chips or orange zest added the dough. 

Shortbread

125 grams/4 ounces unsalted butter,

55 grams/2 ounces caster sugar, plus extra to finish

flour

Similar to bubble and squeak, rumbledethumps are a traditional Scottish dish of buttery mash, cabbage and swede, baked until golden brown anc crispy. You can cook them earlier in the day and reheat in the oven – give them an extra 20 minutes or so from cold.

Rumbledethumps

potatoes,

unsalted butter

savoy cabbage

salt and black pepper

grams/1 ounces cheddar, grated

Cullen skink is a classic Scottish smoked fish soup with velvety leeks and potato. Perfectly warming for winter.

Cullen skink

grams/2½oz butter

vegetable oil

leeks, roughly chopped

onions, peeled, roughly chopped

fennel bulbs, roughly chopped

250 milliliters/9fl oz white wine

500 grams/17½oz smoked haddock

750 milliliters/1 pint 7fl oz water

leeks, finely chopped

shallots, peeled, finely chopped

garlic cloves, peeled, crushed

300 grams/10½oz potatoes, peeled, chopped

500 milliliters/17½fl oz double cream

tbsp finely chopped fresh parsley

nutmeg

What would Burns Night be without haggis, neeps and tatties? This simple recipe is made all the more enjoyable with a rich whisky sauce. If you'd like to have a go at the whole experience, check our beginner's guide to <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/articles/beginners_guide_burns_night">hosting your own Burns night supper</a>.

Haggis, neeps and tatties 

haggis

1.5kg/3lb 5 ounces floury potatoes,

100 milliliters/3½fl oz semi-skimmed milk

200 milliliters/7fl oz double cream

tbsp butter

tbsp butter

tsp black pepper

butter

shallots,

120 milliliters/4fl oz Scotch whisky

200 milliliters/7fl oz beef stock

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