Veggie/vegan Burns Supper haggis alternatives

[pogofish]

It was followed by funcy Cranachan in a wee jar:

 

[teuchter]

It was followed by funcy Cranachan in a wee jar:

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Was just discussing cranachan an hour or so ago, when it was rejected as "too summery".

 

[andysays]

One of my colleagues celebrated with this:


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Yes, Choholate Brownie "Haggis" pudding..!

My partner went haggis hunting yesterday and returned with a Simon Howie "original" Haggis, so we'll be sampling that tomorrow evening.

No mention of chocolate brownies for our dinner.

 

[Chilli.s]

Reely want to eat a vegetarian haggis now

 

[Oriole]

+1 for vegetarian haggis. I don't understand why it's not more widely available. Morrisons used to have it year round but nowadays they seem to struggle with procurement for most things so it's not easy to buy any more.

 

[iona]

I was just looking up a whisky sauce recipe and I found one that contains, among other things, balsamic vinegar and ketchup and BBQ sauce.

 

[Oriole]

Veggie haggis with potato and swede mash and green beans (+gravy).

 

[RubyToogood]

I found myself opining that Burns Supper is better than Christmas dinner.

 

[iona]

I found myself opining that Burns Supper is better than Christmas dinner.

I eat a lot of haggis but hardly ever do a proper roast for just myself because it feels like too much effort, so xmas dinner probably wins for me just through the novelty value.

Maybe a bit extravagant if it's not a big group meal for a special occasion but I don't see why all the components of both can't be served as one meal.

 

[Oriole]

We were wondering if it would work as a Summer food. Maybe with a nice tomato salad and some boiled new potatoes or if it needs the gravy too much to work when it's sunny.

 

[Sue]

We were wondering if it would work as a Summer food. Maybe with a nice tomato salad and some boiled new potatoes or if it needs the gravy too much to work when it's sunny.

Gravy...?

 

[teuchter]

Gravy...?

^^ this

 

[iona]

Haggis is absolutely an all-year-round food (I'm assuming the vegetarian ones taste similar enough to be used the same ways as meat ones - not actually tried a meat-free version yet but I will tomorrow.)

It's good with stuff like grilled/dry fried courgettes and/or buttery new potatoes, either cold or warm-not-hot. I did stuffed marrow with herby tomatoey haggis filling last year which was lush.

Gravy...?

They're really good mixed together tbf, like an even better version of mince and tatties

 

[Oriole]

Gravy...?

Don't knock it till you tried it.