Modern Recipes

Sliced sausage on hot and spicy beans with fried potatoes and yellow tomatoes Sausages, chips and beans is a very popular combination throughout the United Kingdom and is probably a popular stereotype among foreigners of typically unimaginative and boring British food. The one principal difference in Scotland compared to the rest of the country is simply that the sausages will usually be of the sliced or Lorne variety as opposed to the more widely popular bangers. It is, however, incredibly easy to vary this age old dish so as to make it almost unrecognisable without any extra effort or even that many extra ingredients. This is just one example of the ways in which this is possible and this creation takes account above all of the modern day love of spices and spicy food in this country. Ingredients (Serves 1) 1 medium sized baking potato 1 sliced (Lorne) sausage 2 tablespoons vegetable or sunflower oil Salt and pepper 8 ounce (small) can baked beans in tomato sauce 1/2 teaspoon ground ...

Slightly sweet and spicy Scottish yellow tomato and butternut squash soup This is the second batch of soup I made from my bumper delivery of fresh greenhouse tomatoes just over a week ago. This time I used yellow rather than red tomatoes and decided also to incorporate a butternut squash for an extra bit of texture and flavour. It was absolutely delicious and again, most of it is safely tucked away in my freezer for taking with me on Winter sea fishing trips in my flask. Scottish greenhouse grown red and yellow tomatoes Ingredients 1 large carrot, washed, topped and roughly chopped 1 medium white onion, peeled and quartered 4 ounces mixed sliced bell peppers 2 bay leaves Salt and pepper 4 pints cold water 4 pounds yellow tomatoes, washed and halved 1 teaspoon dried basil Olive oil 1 butternut squash, peeled, seeded and roughly chopped 1 teaspoon cumin seeds Principal ingredients for basic vegetable stock Directions Add the carrot, onion and bell peppers to a large soup or stock pot al...