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Home » Course or Meal » 11 Authentic (and Simple) Scottish Recipes to Keep Scotland Close to Your Heart!

11 Authentic (and Simple) Scottish Recipes to Keep Scotland Close to Your Heart!

May 6th, 2017 | 63 Comments

These Scottish Recipes will bring back memories for those who miss Scotland. I hope these bring you a taste of home and help keep Scotland close to your heart.

Scottish Girl mug and Cream Bun authentic recipes
If you’re fortunate enough to have been to Scotland, or better yet, used to live there and now live elsewhere, these 11 authentic, and simple Scottish recipes are for you.

(Anyone care to guess why I chose ELEVEN? Ha ha! Freeeeeeedoooooom! Inside joke for Scots.)

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Ex-pats will know what I’m talking about, but I also know there will be some travelers out there who have had a Scottish meal, or particular food that they will crave upon returning home. I am always trying to recreate recipes from my travels, but most of the Scottish recipes here, are the ones I grew up eating.

Here’s a classic Scottish soup: Scotch broth.

spoonful of Scotch broth

Luckily, Scottish food is quite simple and so are the recipes. Remember, these are just 11 recipes from my site. I have many more and am constantly adding to the list (I’ve since added a few “bonus” recipes” below! To see all of the Scottish recipes on my site, simply type “Scottish” in the search bar at the top.

Edited January 2019: I’ve just added a list of Scottish recipes for a Burns Night Supper!

Whisky quaich rose

Consequently, one of the reasons I started this page is to dispel the myth of “bad British food” and the stereotype of Scots only eating haggis and drinking whisky. I hope this post helps me reach my goal and dispel some of those myths. Scottish fish and chips are on a whole other level, and that’s just one example!

fish and chips in newspaper

How can anyone say that this food is bland, boring or bad!? And by the way, there’s nothing wrong with a properly prepared haggis, or a good whisky!

Scottish Food Collage authentic recipes Scotland

Since I’m in Scotland right now, I thought it would be nice to share these with you so that you can enjoy some of the dishes I’ll be enjoying here (sometimes on a daily basis)! I hope you love them, too!

Carrbridge, Scotland
Carrbridge, Scotland, where I won the World Porridge Championships (specialty award) in 2014 – Click this photo for the recipe!

Click on the recipe name or the photos below to see the recipes in full (starting with breakfast dishes and ending with sweets).

11 Authentic (and Simple) Scottish Recipes

1. POTATO SCONES

Potato scones 11 authentic simple Scottish recipes

2. PORRIDGE (OATMEAL)

Bowls of porridge and how to make oatmeal 11 authentic simple Scottish recipes

3. OATCAKES

Scottish Oatcakes 11 authentic simple Scottish recipes

4. SCOTTISH RED LENTIL (and BARLEY) SOUP

Scottish Red Lentil and Barley Soup 11 authentic simple Scottish recipes

5. SCOTTISH SAUSAGE ROLLS

Scottish Sausage Rolls 11 authentic simple Scottish recipes

6. SHORTBREAD

shortbread and whisky

 

7. CREAM GIRDLE SCONES

Cream Girdle Scones and jam 11 authentic simple Scottish recipes

8. SCOTTISH TEA BREAD

Scottish Tea Bread 11 authentic simple Scottish recipes

9. CRANACHAN

Cranachan dessert 11 authentic simple Scottish recipes

10. SCOTTISH CREAM BUNS

Scottish cream buns 11 authentic simple Scottish recipes

11. SCOTTISH MACAROON BARS

Scottish Macaroon Bars 11 authentic simple Scottish recipes

EDITED Sept. 2021: I’ve added so many more Scottish recipes, so here are some bonus dishes for you!

~ MINCE AND TATTIES

mince and tatties and peas on a plate

~ FERN CAKES

Scottish Fern Cakes

~ STEAK PIE

Scottish Steak Pie

~ DUNDEE CAKE

Dundee Cake

So there you have it. Eleven (plus!) fabulous and authentic Scottish recipes that are so easy to make. Have you had any of them in the past? Will you be trying any of them in the future? Let me know below!


Scenic view of Scotland

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Enjoy your tastes of Scotland, and if you make one of these recipes, please let me know below the recipe you made! Or on social media use #christinascucina or tag me @christinascucina or @christinacucina (without the S) on Twitter.

Highland cow (or coo) at Pollock Park in Glasgow

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63 Responses

  1. Debbie says:
    May 19, 2021 at 11:41 pm

    Hi Christina! I’m so glad I found your website! We have Scottish ancestors: the Robertson’s, Mackenzie’s, Edward’s, and Lindsay’s. I visited Scotland 4 years ago with my sister and our husbands. We brought back many Scottish kilts, scarfs, and child bagpipes. We’ve decided to hold our own Scottish Highland Games for our children and grandchildren. I’ve been searching the web for some authentic Scottish food to serve and found your site. I look forward to making your recipes. My thoughts for the party are to serve cottage pies in cupcake foil liners, sausage rolls, macaroon bars, and shortbread cookies. Could you please suggest other foods that children would enjoy and that I could make ahead? I have subscribed to your site and look forward to trying your delicious looking recipes. Thanks!

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  2. Give Any Of These Simple Scottish Dishes A Try | Safford CJDR of Warrenton says:
    February 1, 2021 at 6:10 am

    […] don’t have to travel around the world to taste the distinct flavors of far-off cuisines, and these recipes bring Scottish classics right to your own dinner […]

    Reply
  3. Fran Bolton says:
    January 17, 2021 at 12:14 pm

    When I was growing up in Scotland my Mum used to make tablet. Not the kind with condensed milk. She used butter, milk and sugar. Does anyone have this recipe.

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    • Christina says:
      January 17, 2021 at 3:32 pm

      Hi Fran, this is someone whose recipes I trust. Scottish tablet.

      Reply
  4. Big Gaz says:
    December 15, 2020 at 12:30 pm

    Fritter rolls – like the tatty equivalent of the slice sausage, stays in yer roll and it’s in batter – For you Americans, here whit a fritter is:

    1. Find a huge tatty
    2. peel said huge tatty
    3 slice it into flat slices about 10mm thick
    4. par boil (my preference) or don’t, I’m no bothered wit you do to be honest
    5. make a thin batter
    6 drop the big tatty slices into batter
    7. fire up yer chip pan
    8. chuck batter covered slices of big tatty into yon chip pan
    9. butter a roll
    10. take bit tatty out the chip pan, salt MALT vinegar, fire in on the roll, skelp some tomato sauce on it
    11 eat it.. turn it sideways, upside doon and back to front, it disnay faw out like chips do..
    12. 40 pence from the chippy – chip roll 60 pence – back in the day – drink with chateau barrs red kola

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  5. Big Gaz says:
    December 15, 2020 at 12:09 pm

    When I was at school (I’m now 54) we had these mad wee pure toffee pastry things, short crust ‘cup’ with a mr whippy looking dod of toffee, covered in custard – minted, always wondered where to fet them

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  6. Scotch Eggs ~ Deep-Fried, Sausage-Covered Hard Boiled Eggs - Christina's Cucina says:
    December 6, 2020 at 8:39 pm

    […] have many more English and Scottish recipes if you’d like to peruse them, you can always use the drop down menu on the RECIPES tab at the […]

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  7. Jimmy Reid says:
    November 28, 2020 at 8:12 am

    Who remembers a recipe for a Jam Rolly Polly cake that looked like a ‘hard Jam Roll” and had a crumbly consistency and a hard outside?? We used to have it for dessert sometimes, with custard?? Recipes please girls and Dennis?

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  8. 11 Authentic (and Simple) Scottish Recipes to Keep Scotland Close to Your Heart! - The Classy Recipes says:
    August 27, 2020 at 2:00 am

    […] Source by harperd […]

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  2. Scotch Eggs ~ Deep-Fried, Sausage-Covered Hard Boiled Eggs - Christina's Cucina says:
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A Scottish Italian cook living in Los Angeles, Christina is usually cooking, baking or (cr)eating something scrumptious. When she isn't in the kitchen, she loves to travel, near and far, as long as good food is involved. Christina is on a mission to save authentic Italian dishes from extinction, and is constantly promoting Scottish (and British) food as some of the best cuisine the world has to offer—one steak pie and sticky toffee pudding at a time.



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