Name: Clapshot Sips
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 1 tbsp rapeseed oil; 1 small onion diced; 1/4 turnip peeled and chopped; 3 medium potatoes peeled and chopped; 600 ml water; pinch finely grated nutmeg; salt and freshly ground black pepper; 1 tbsp of cooked haggis to garnish

Read on for my recipe for clapshot sips

Clapshot Sips are little shots of soup based on the Scottish Clapshot mixture of mashed potatoes and turnips that is traditionally served with haggis. As it is Burns Night tomorrow I thought this was the perfect little recipe to celebrate the birth of the Bard or if you are having a Scottish themed party.

Haggis!

You will of course need some haggis for your Clapshot Sips as your little glasses (must be heat proof as this soup must be served piping hot) will be topped with this most traditional of Scottish fair. You can actually buy vegetarian haggis if the real thing doesn’t float your boat.

The true Scot will of course have hunted down their haggis in their favourite breeding grounds of the 19th hole on Scottish golf courses, lured the beasties out with shortbread then shot the poor little buggers.

Anyway however you get your haggis you will need it to finish off your soup in true Scottish style and you really can’t celebrate Burns Night without haggis, it just can’t be done. If you are going to be truly authentic you will also require copuious quantities of whisky, bagpipes and a kilt.

Follow the recipe below for a wee taste of Scotland, oh and by the way, this recipe is taken from my book A Wee Taste Of Scotland.

Karon x

Here are some other Scottish recipes you might like for Burns Night. Just click on the image to whizz to the recipe;