Clapshot
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Clapshot is a traditional Scottish dish that originated in Orkney and may be served with haggis
, oatcakes, mince, sausages or cold meat. It is created by the combined mashing
of potatoes and swede turnips ("neeps and tatties") with the addition of chives
, butter or dripping, salt and pepper; onions in some versions.
Haggis
Haggis is a dish containing sheep's 'pluck' , minced with onion, oatmeal, suet, spices, and salt, mixed with stock, and traditionally simmered in the animal's stomach for approximately three hours. Most modern commercial haggis is prepared in a casing rather than an actual stomach.Haggis is a kind...
, oatcakes, mince, sausages or cold meat. It is created by the combined mashing
Mashing
In brewing and distilling, mashing is the process of combining a mix of milled grain , known as the "grain bill", and water, known as "liquor", and heating this mixture...
of potatoes and swede turnips ("neeps and tatties") with the addition of chives
Chives
Chives are the smallest species of the edible onions. A perennial plant, they are native to Europe, Asia and North America.. Allium schoenoprasum is the only species of Allium native to both the New and the Old World....
, butter or dripping, salt and pepper; onions in some versions.