Haggis is full of warm, earthly flavours that make it an excellent dish on its own or as an additional ingredient in one of your favourite dishes. Best of all, it is surprisingly simple to prepare.
Our step-by step guide “How to Cook Haggis” will describe all you need to know including helpful advice about portion sizes.
If you are looking for modern haggis recipes, let Macsween inspire you. Wanting to find out the best ways to cook tinned haggis? Grant’s series of haggis masterclasses will help. Fancy something extra special? The Stahyl family have generously shared their favourite tinned haggis recipes.
Here are some of our particular favourites.
Spice up your traditional Christmas dishes with added haggis. If you've not tasted haggis before you are in for a real treat. A good haggis (we recommend Macsween) is one of life's gastronomic treasures. Here are some of our family favourites recipes for Christmas.
The UK’s leading producer of haggis, Macsween, has expanded its range to include a gluten free haggis, certified by Coeliac UK. The Macsween gluten free haggis is packed with the same flavour and richness as their traditional haggis but uses gluten free oats as an alternative. To celebrate, here is a recipe for a gluten free version of the celebrated traditional Scottish dish - haggis, neeps and tatties.
Give your roast turkey a spicy Scottish twist with Macsween's Limited Edition Moroccan Spiced Vegetarian Haggis. The stuffing is simple to prepare (only requiring reheating) and is a delicious addition to traditional dishes served with family and friends for Christmas, Hogmanay or Burns Night.
Every year on or around January 25th, Scots and their friends —haggis lovers and “those-who-will-go-hungry” — sit down to a Burns Supper honouring the poet Rabbie Burns. At these suppers, revellers traditionally eat a chieftain haggis, recite lines of verse, drink drams of whisky, and generally have a good time. But there are always some at … Continue reading Burns Supper haggis recipes for the terrified
Sometimes it takes a little nudge from someone like you to remind us of the variety of ways to serve Scottish haggis. This time we owe our thanks to Stuart, who contacted us to say, “We were given one of your haggis by a friend and rather than eat it as a meal we put … Continue reading Chicken with haggis, Balmoral Chicken
We know what you’re thinking. What is it with the Scots need to deep fry anything that will stay still long enough to be dunked in batter? But this contemporary twist on haggis is great as a starter or a mid-week snack, and can be easily prepared at home. Haggis pakora combines traditional Scottish haggis ingredients with … Continue reading Haggis Pakora
If you’re looking for the truly authentic way of serving traditional haggis (and vegetarian haggis too), bashed neeps and tatties are a must. Be as fancy as you like in preparing your plate. Served in a tower is one way to impress your guests, but a generous scoop of each on a plate lines the … Continue reading How to cook haggis, Bashed Neeps and Tatties
