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Be inspired with Scotland Food & Drink Fortnight Cook-along with our Local Legend; Scotland’s National Chef

It’s an exciting time in Scotland. Scotland Food and Drink Fortnight; the annual September celebration has begun and today I’m raising my glass and announcing another very deserving ‘Local Legend’; the theme of this year’s celebration. I’ll also be providing you with the details of how you can get cooking with this ‘Local Legend’ from the comfort of your own kitchen, as he prepares a special #ScotFoodFort20 menu for you to cook-along with him via his Facebook page tomorrow, 9th September. Every year the first two weeks of September are given over to celebrating all that is wonderful, local, delicious and inspirational involving ...

Pumpkin & Butternut Squash Crumble Recipe

We’ve seen recipes for everything from Raw Pumpkin Pies (yep, raw) to Pumpkin Smoothies this year, but when the weather is as cold as it’s been in Scotland this week (into minus centigrades) you definitely need something hot and delicious to use up those Halloween Pumpkins! The very word ‘crumble’ conjures up feelings of warmth, homeliness and goodness, so why not give this one a go. PUMPKIN & BUTTERNUT SQUASH CRUMBLE INGREDIENTS 100g butter (nice and cold - straight out the fridge, cut into cubes) 150g flour (plain) 5g salt (sea salt is best) 110g Mature Scottish Cheddar 80g almonds or hazelnuts (roughly chopped) 550g ...

St Andrews Day Cooking: For the Patron Saint of Fishermen

It's always frustratingly difficult to choose a dish to cook on St Andrews Day. Essentially you could choose anything iconically Scottish. But having that huge repertoire at our disposal can sometimes make it feel even tougher. Much easier to have a straight forward 'go to' dish like the haggis for Burns' night on 25th January. Lucky for us and hopefully for you that dilemma can be extinguished with a fish dish that pays homage to St Andrew, the patron saint of Fishermen. Chris Naylor, one of our guest chefs and of 'Bespoke Catering' fame, cooked this incredibly tasty Gigha Halibut fish dish in a recent culinary class for our guests. Give it a try ...