SUET RECIPES RECIPES

Steps:

• Pour the oil into a large non-stick frying pan and fry the onion gently over a low heat until it is very soft, this may take up to 15 mins. Add the garlic, grated carrot, chopped mushrooms and sunflower seeds. Season with salt and black pepper then add the other spices. Let it cook down for 5 mins to reduce some of the moisture from the vegetables. Add the Marmite and pearl barley and 200ml water. Bring to the boil, cover and cook for 30 mins or until all the liquid has been absorbed and the pearl barley is tender. Take the pan off the heat and tip the mixture out onto a large roasting tin so it can cool quickly. Once cold stir in the lentils, oats and vegetable suet.
• When you want to cook the haggis spread it out on a large piece of baking parchment. Roughly shape it into a log then roll the paper up and twist the ends so it is completely sealed. Wrap up in muslin and tie the ends securely with string.
• Heat a large pan of boiling water then slowly lower the haggis into it. Reduce the heat to a simmer and cook gently for 1hr. Unwrap the parcel and serve with neeps and tatties.

Steps:

• Suet Pastry Rub some butter around the inside of a 1.1lt/2pt pudding bowl. Put the flour and suet into a mixing bowl and stir to combine. For a sweet pudding add two spoons of sugar, for a savoury pudding, add a pinch of salt. Add the milk and stir to mix. Using your hands, gather everything together into a smooth dough. Sweet or Savoury Filled Suet Pudding Dust the work surface and pastry with flour. Cut off a third of the pastry and reserve this for the lid. Roll the larger piece of pastry into a 23cm/9” circle and lift the pastry into the pudding bowl. OR put the pastry into the bowl and using your fingers, press it into the base and up the sides. Brush the top edges of the pastry with water. Add your filling so that the pudding bowl is three quarters full. Roll out the remaining pastry into a circle the diameter of the top of the dish. Transfer the pastry circle to the bowl. Lift over, press and pinch the pastry around the edges of the bowl to join the circle. Brush a piece of parchment or greaseproof paper with butter and place it loosely, butter side down on the pudding. Cooking the Pudding in a Saucepan Cover the pudding bowl with aluminium foil, tucking in well at the outer rim. Stand the pudding bowl in the bottom of a large saucepan and add boiling water until it comes halfway up the pudding bowl. Put the lid on the saucepan and simmer gently for 2 hours. Lift the lid occasionally and add more boiling water to keep the level halfway up the pudding bowl. Carefully remove the pudding from the saucepan. Remove the foil and run a warm knife around the inside edge of the basin. Put a warm plate on top of the pudding bowl, carefully invert the pudding and let it slide onto the plate. Keep warm until serving. Cooking the Pudding in a Microwave Cover the pudding with cling film and cut a hole in the top for steam to escape. Put the pudding bowl into the microwave and cook on full power for 7 minutes. Leave to stand for 2 minutes. Remove the cling film and parchment and run a warm knife around the inside edge of the bowl. Put a warm plate on top of the pudding bowl, carefully invert the pudding and let it slide onto the plate. Keep warm until serving.