Haggis recipe that's do-able.

[Joshua]

Ok, I'm cooking two (maybe three) haggi right now. You guys made me break into my stash of "rainy day offal" that was in my freezer.

What's in my pot right now?

4 quarts of turkey bone broth (the best part about thanksgiving is the leftovers)
Two lambs livers
Two lambs hearts
a massive onion
3 bay leaves

Along with 2 tsp of the following spice mix:
1 tsp Cayenne Pepper
1 1/2 tsp black pepper
1/2 tsp fresh nutmeg
1/4 tsp smoked paprika
1/4 tsp garam masala
2 tsp pickling salt (the fine granules mix with spice mixes better)

On my cutting board I have about 1/4 cup of lamb fat trimmings from the hearts, and probably 2 full cups of chopped beef suet that will go into the mix.

I'm still trying to figure out approximately how much oat I should put into this batch (probably going to go with around 1 cup total). Also, since my last haggis cook resulted in three busted haggi, I'm wondering if I should follow Anne's advice and cook the oats in the broth pre-stuffing.

And finally, following some advice to add some acidity, before stuffing I will probably add a very small amount of cider vinegar (as I have no citrus in the house right now).

[Joshua]

These are what I use to pack my haggis in, I cut them in half and they make a little 1lb haggis.



This was the first one out of the boil tonight...

[jhockin]

here's a link/web address, to an alternate, that I'll have to try making ( tried a canned version, that my eldest daughter gave me _ and it was really tasty!):

http://www.veg-world.com/recipes/haggis.htm

[James Hood]

Stahly's canned haggis isn't bad. Cracked out a tin of it today and heated it up at work.

Many co-workers hesitantly tried it, and all were positive in their response. The only negative comments came from the people who refused to try it!

While I was stirring the haggis after microwaving in the break room, the following conversation ensued:

Co-worker 1: "Smells good. Has a holiday kind of smell to it."
Co-worker 2: "What kind of #$%#ed up childhood did YOU have?"
Co-worker 1: "No, there's something about the spicy smell."
Me: "Probably the nutmeg. It's in most traditional recipes."
Co-worker 2: "No. Christmas smells like gingerbread and candy canes. Not sheep guts."

Careful there, Laddie, with relating your story. Almost wet meself laughing, aye, 'twas a close run thing.