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March 15, 2015
Aberdeenshire Oatcake
Aberdeenshire Oatcakes are a regional recipe similar to the Scottish Oatcakes only made into a large, single round oatcake, to be baked on a griddle (girdle), before being cut into a fardell (farl) meaning quarters. Aberdeenshire Oatcake Recipe Once the oatmeal is baked and quartered some people then like to toast it in front of …
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August 31, 2011
Scottish Raspberry Souffle
When you make this Scottish Raspberry Souffle recipe, with the best Scottish raspberries, you will be able to taste the raspberry flavour which is so often missing in commercially grown (forced) raspberries sold in the supermarket. The word soufflé is the past participle of the French verb souffler, which means ‘puffed up’, which becomes a …
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February 1, 2012
Cambridge Lent Pies
These Cambridge Lent Pies are eaten before the start and at the end of Lent, which ends at Easter. The 40 days of Lent is traditionally a time of fasting in the Christian calender, and these pies were a way of acknowledging the start and end of the period. These particular Lent Pies are a …
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April 1, 2012
Martini
A straight, or classic ‘Martini’ is always made with gin, which is given here – if you want a Martini made with vodka then this is called a ‘Vodka Martini’. And although mixing a Martini in a cocktail shaker, and actually shaking it, instead of stirring it, is common due to the influence James Bond, …