Scottish Food and Drink Fortnight is in full flow and the organisers want you to change one thing about your diet.
The nationwide event supports and promotes Scotland’s produce and the people who grow, make, cook and sell it.
Over the course of the fortnight, organisers want the public to champion Scotland’s larder by changing one thing about their diet and eating more Scottish produce.
And to help, Scotland Food and Drink has set out a diary of suggested themes for change.
The full list is here.
Today’s suggestion from Scottish Food and Drink Fortnight is for an indulgent breakfast that uses Scottish marmalade, smoked salmon and oatcakes. The recipe is from Jak O’Donnell, the driving force at The Sisters restaurant.
It takes a little bit of prep so you probably won’t want to try and rustle it up before heading for work. But it would be ideal for a weekend treat.
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Of course, marmalade is synonymous with Dundee and the Keiller name.
Apparently, Janet Keiller did not invent marmalade, but she did build the first marmalade factory in 1797.
Instead of a solid paste marmalade, she was the first to cut the peel into ‘chips’ making a jelly-type, spreading marmalade which was ideal for breakfast toast.
Her method increased both the finished volume and the profit margin.
Hot smoked salmon in black pudding & bacon oatcake tartlet, horseradish crème fraiche
Oatcakes
Makes 8-10 tarts
Ingredients
225gr Hamlyn’s fine oatmeal
50gr whole-wheat flour
1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
60gr Graham’s unsalted Scottish butter
1/2 tsp Isle of Skye sea salt
60-85ml hot water
You will need large pudding oven tray
Set oven to 180c or gas 5
1 slice of Ramsay of Carluke’s black pudding and 1 slice of Ramsay’s Ayrshire middle bacon
Bake both black pudding and bacon in hot oven until quite crispy then blitz in a blender until crumb like consistency
Boil water and butter together until melted
Mix all dry ingredient in a bowl including bacon and black pudding
Add water/butter mixture slowly until a stiff dough
Roll out to thickness of £1 coin and line pudding trays
Bake for 20-25 mins (they will come out of the oven crisp)
Salmon filling
Ingredients
500gr Marrbury hot smoked salmon
200gr Katy Rodgers creme fraiche
1 tbsp creamed horseradish
1tbsp chopped dill
Cracked black pepper to taste
Leaves to serve
Dressing
Ingredients
4 tbsp of Dundee marmalade
Zestand juice of 1 lemon and lime
Whisk together marmalade & juice (keep zest separate) until correct consistency
To Serve
In a bowl mix crème fraiche with horseradish, pepper and chopped dill spoon roughly into tart case
Arrange chunks of smoked salmon loosely on top of cream mixture
Add further tiny sprigs of dill
Toss leaves in dressing set on plate with tart on top of salad
To finish sprinkle lemon & lime zest over plate