Modern Recipes

Full Scottish breakfast with a variety of Indian spices and condiments Indian food is hugely popular in the UK in modern times and has had a very significant effect on our wider food culture. It is this fact that led to me coming up with this variation on a fried or full Scottish breakfast, a dish which already comes in many different forms in hotels, restaurants and homes around Scotland. There are a few ingredients which are almost always included on the breakfast plate - particularly the breakfast trinity of sausage, bacon and egg - but a great many more which are only found some of the time. What I have done here is take some of the most popular full Scottish breakfast inclusions  and cook/serve them in a way that gives the finished dish a very Indian twist. Lorne sausage, black pudding and Ayrshire middle bacon Ingredients per Breakfast 1 Scottish Lorne/sliced sausage 2 slices of Ayrshire middle bacon (or 2 rashers of ordinary back bacon) 1 slice of black pudding 2 tablespoons...

One representation of an all day Scottish fried breakfast I've made reference to the full Scottish breakfast on this blog before and based a couple of dishes on the concept, including the Breakfast Sandwich Megabite I featured only last month. What I only realised a few days ago, however, was that I hadn't yet featured an example of how to prepare the breakfast itself and so I've decided to put that right. There is no recipe as such for a full Scottish breakfast, as just about everything ever used in its preparation is optional. Generally, however, sausage, bacon and egg will be served. As well as what I have included in this instance, you could add mushrooms, baked beans in tomato sauce, fried bread (instead of the tattie scones) or even choose to cook the egg in a different way. As the title of this post suggests, this is a meal which can be eaten at any time of day, not just breakfast time - and if you're anything like me, you'll probably enjoy it more later on ...