Recipes
Search is on for city’s favourite stovies recipe
An Edinburgh eatery is calling on proud home cooks to share their secret recipes for the perfect stovies – for them to be replicated by professional chefs and served to the public. Café 1505 on Nicolson Street hopes to ignite the capital’s passion for the age-old comfort food by serving a new recipe each day…
Read MoreBringing seaweed into every day cooking
Most of us have eaten food containing seaweed, but few of us will have actually cooked with it, something that BBC Masterchef finalist Fiona Bird is looking to change. Living in the Hebrides, Bird sources the finest natural produce for all of her recipes. The book combines Bird’s foraging skills with her imaginative recipes to…
Read MoreA tasty soup made from Christmas leftovers
When you’ve got a few leftovers from your Christmas dinner, you really don’t want to left them go to waste. Scotty Brand has teamed up with UK food blogger Loveage and Lavender to create a Boxing Day Leftover Soup. Loveage and Lavender said: ‘This thick, velvety and rich soup is made from the Christmas Day…
Read MoreA taste of Scotland’s islands captured in print
One thing that matches the richness of Scotland’s produce is its spectacular landscapes. When these two things are combined with a gentle peppering of history, it makes for perfectly balanced reading. This book sees food writer and journalist Sue Lawrence travel around some of our country’s many islands, speaking to producers and cooks, gleaning delicious…
Read MoreA beautiful orange and chilli glazed duck recipe
We all like to try something different, and we’ve a recipe that’s a little unusual for the festive season. Here, we present a recipe for orange and chilli glazed duck with roasted Brussels sprouts, fennel, thyme, carrot and candied walnuts by Barry Bryson of Cater Edinburgh. Barry said: ‘The holiday season is just glorious, but…
Read MoreGrouse salad is a healthy twist for Game Week
Great British Game Week is celebrating, promoting and highlighting just how nutritious, versatile and delicious game meat is. This week we have brought you recipes to highlight the versatility of game, and we conclude today with a pulled grouse salad. With the shooting season in full swing, grouse is the bird of the moment. For…
Read MoreGo trout and about for Great British Game Week
Today we bring you our fourth recipe, to celebrate Great British Game Week. Now in its fifth year, Great British Game Week aims to celebrate, promote and highlight how nutritious, versatile and delicious game meat is. Today, we bring you some a recipe for smoked trout and avocado croustade, with capers and lemon zest, which…
Read MoreTry our recipe for tres bon pheasant bonbons
Our celebration of Great British Game Week continues today, with another tasty recipe for you to try at home. The event is celebrating, promoting and highlighting just how nutritious, versatile and delicious game meat is. Today, we present some tasty pheasant bonbons, created by Annie Assheton of Farlows. Game is a healthy, ethical, sustainable and…
Read MoreMark Great British Game Week with a tasty pie
Now in its fifth year, Great British Game Week is about celebrating, promoting and highlighting just how nutritious, versatile and delicious game meat is. This week we bring you recipes to highlight the versatility of game, starting with today’s grouse, pheasant and bacon pie, which was developed by the West London Shooting School team for…
Read MoreTry something different and bake your own Christmas cake
We’re looking ahead to the festive season with a tasty Christmas cake recipe, courtesy of Twelve Triangles. Founded by bakers Rachel Morgan and Emily Cuddeford, Twelve Triangles now have four bakeries in Edinburgh. They make and serve their signature cold-prove, slow-fermented sourdough loaves, legendary doughnuts and famed croissant loaves throughout their bakeries alongside homemade jams,…
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