Haggis??

[Homers1951]

I am in Scotland right now on a tour. Had some Haggis for the first time and loved it. Anyone on here have a good recipe? Just the little I know about it I will use beef heart, beef liver and some pork ground meat. Rather than the usual oats I will switch to barley. Anyone? Thanks. Homer

 

[SmokinEdge]

Never made it, but cruising the inter webs I found what appears to be an authentic recipe with some history and other links.

Edit: for contamination of link

 

[Homers1951]

Never made it, but cruising the inter webs I found what appears to be an authentic recipe with some history and other links. Maybe this will help.

https://www.scottishrecipes.co.uk/recipes/Scottish-Haggis-Recipe-Traditional-Ingredien

Never made it, but cruising the inter webs I found what appears to be an authentic recipe with some history and other links. Maybe this will help.

https://www.scottishrecipes.co.uk/recipes/Scottish-Haggis-Recipe-Traditional-Ingredients

That looks like a great site to research. Thanks very much. I like it because it gives different ingredients and recipes for using Haggis. Thanks again. Homer

 

[chef k-dude]

I have a brother and sister-in-law who claim Scottish heritage...I mean he actually plays the bagpipes...very well...kilt and all...big ole beard looking the part. I remember him making haggis years ago...I think it was one and done though! I think barley is a good direction, I've never been a fan of oats, its a textural thing for me like coconut.

 

[zwiller]

No haggis but I have studied offal sausages and the like a LOT and the key is a s*** ton of onion. That first recipe above SmokinEdge posted uses THREE... From here, doubt they use cayenne but bet allspice or nutmeg and heavy pepper.

 

[Homers1951]

No haggis but I have studied offal sausages and the like a LOT and the key is a s*** ton of onion. That first recipe above SmokinEdge posted uses THREE... From here, doubt they use cayenne but bet allspice or nutmeg and heavy pepper.

Your comment about onions and offals is well taken as I have made Herka, which is a Hungarian sausage. For about 10 lbs of meat you add 6 large onions and 2lbs rice. Thanks for the tip. Homer

 

[frankie007]

I think haggis is made with lamb pluck and uses pin head oats which are different from regular breakfast oats.

 

[PolishDeli]

I've never made it. Always associate it with lungs.

But, I'd start here:

Haggis-Traditional

A traditional haggis is made from sheep’s ‘pluck’ (heart, liver and lungs), minced with onion, oatmeal, suet, spices and stuffed inside the sheep’s stomach, which is sewn closed.

www.meatsandsausages.com

Ultimately haggis is famine food. Both barley and oats were the common grains grown in Scotland, so either would work.
I image steal cut or stone-ground oats would be more appropriate than rolled Oats.

 

[zwiller]

My affinity for offal stems from life long adoration for Braunschweiger/liverwurst. I've eaten that since I was young. It's pretty interesting to me how similar lots of offal sausages/spreads are. Offal/onion/grain/salt/spices. IMO haggis is essentially scrapple in a large casing (minus lung). No idea why but for some reason I think lung would add little flavor but only texture.

Heads up on the recipe posted: 1) spice mix is for 1Kg and recipe yields more than that and 2) double spices as his formulas are well known to be on the bland side and 3) the "pepper" listed in most likely white NOT black pepper.

 

[JRC]

Never made it, but cruising the inter webs I found what appears to be an authentic recipe with some history and other links. Maybe this will help.

https://www.scottishrecipes.co.uk/recipes/Scottish-Haggis-Recipe-Traditional-Ingredients

Be careful....the website with the Grants logo for ordering haggis online goes to a porn site.

 

[SmokinEdge]

Be careful....the website with the Grants logo for ordering haggis online goes to a porn site.

Oh my! Thanks for the heads up.