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Rustic meal of haggis, neeps and tatties.

Haggis at Home

Course Main Course
Cuisine Scottish

Ingredients
  

  • 1 beef bung sausage casing
  • 1 sheep liver
  • 1 sheep heart
  • 1 sheep tongue
  • 1/2 pound suet, mashed
  • 3 medium onions, minced
  • 1/2 pound steel cut oats
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon black pepper
  • 1 teaspoon cumin
  • 1 teaspoon nutmeg
  • 1/2 teaspoon rosemary
  • 1/2 teaspoon thyme
  • 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper

Instructions
 

  • Soak the sausage casing in salt water overnight.
  • Rinse the liver, heart, and tongue, and cook them over medium heat in a large pot of boiling, salted water for 2 hours.
  • Remove any gristle, skin, or blood vessels, then mince these organs into 1/2 inch pieces.
  • In a large bowl, combine the minced parts with the suet, onions, oats, and dry seasonings.
  • Remove the sausage casing from the water and fill with the mixture.
  • Tie the casing closed with butcher’s twine, trim off any extra length from both sides, then pierce it several times with a fork.
  • Bring a large pot of water to a boil, then gently lower the haggis into the pot.
  • Reduce heat and simmer for 3 hours.
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