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Burns’ Night

(32 Posts)
dinks13 Tue 21-Jan-20 20:37:50

Sorry no advice really, but just wanted to say that a vegan haggis sounds amazing, more people should follow a vegan diet!!!!

Blondiescot Tue 21-Jan-20 20:33:44

'Normal' haggis is often served with a whisky cream sauce or even a peppercorn sauce, so I'm not sure if you could adapt those to come up with a vegan version, maybe?

Elegran Tue 21-Jan-20 20:33:36

Haggis doesn't get gravy. Some restaurants serve it with a whisky and cream sauce, but that wouldn't fit with the Vegan thing. Maybe you could substitute a plant milk of some kind for the cream and thicken it a bit?

If your neeps are fairly moist and your mashed potatoes soft, you may not need anything.

PamelaJ1 Tue 21-Jan-20 20:27:59

I used to help cater for a Burns Night do. No gravey but we always had red cabbage. That’s quite wet.

phoenix Tue 21-Jan-20 20:24:40

Sorry Scentia I find the whole thing of veganism a bit of a worry. sad

maddy47 Tue 21-Jan-20 20:21:02

I usually do a spicy tomato sauce with chillies to go with my veggie haggis. Really easy to do - just lots of juicy tomatoes, garlic, chillies and red wine. I'm not Scottish, but I have celebrated Burns' Night for years, as a good excuse to get together with friends and 'do a turn'. Good fun!

Scentia Tue 21-Jan-20 19:57:04

A question for our Scottish contingent.

I am a vegan and I will be cooking friends a supper on Saturday. I have the Vegan Haggis (practically a lentil bake recipe!!)
What I am stuck with though is ‘do you have gravy with it?’ I will do the tatties and neeps as per my recipe but nowhere does it mention gravy!!

Sorry if the thought of Vegan Haggis offends anyone, it is not intentional.

Any other ideas for my supper will be greatly appreciated.